Liberalisation and producer price risk: Examining subjective expectations in the Ugandan coffee market

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-458

  Hill, Ruth Vargas ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; COMMODITY MARKET; COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MARKETING; PERCEPTION; PRICE DETERMINATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

UGANDA;

EID: 77955042410     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejq010     Document Type: Article

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