Getting prices right: The impact of the market information service in Uganda

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 435-445

  Svensson, Jakob ^a   Yanagizawa, David ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 70349452214     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.2-3.435     Document Type: Article

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