Information from markets near and far: Mobile phones and agricultural markets in niger

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 46-59

  Aker, Jenny C ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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EID: 77954545208     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.3.46     Document Type: Article

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