Decomposing changes in agricultural price gaps: An application to Russia

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Liefert, William M ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural infrastructure; Agricultural prices; Exchange rates; Price transmission; Producer support estimates; Russian agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; EXCHANGE RATE; OECD; POLICY APPROACH;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 58449098497     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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