Realizing the gains from trade: Export crops, marketing costs, and poverty

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-31

  Balat, Jorge ^a   Brambilla, Irene ^a,b   Porto, Guido ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Exports of coffee; Intermediation; Market access; Tea; Trade costs; Trade facilitation; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMERCIALIZATION; EXPORT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MARKETING; MODEL TEST; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 67349246763     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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