Market facilities and agricultural marketing: Evidence from Tamil Nadu, India

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-294

  Shilpi, Forhad ^a   Umali Deininger, Dina ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural markets; Commercialization; Market facility; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMMERCIALIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; MARKET CONDITIONS; TRAVEL TIME; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 54849413820     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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