Food prices, quality, and quality's pricing in supermarkets versus traditional markets in developing countries

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 480-490

  Minten, Bart ^a   Reardon, Thomas ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51649110708     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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