Do consumer price subsidies really improve nutrition?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1205-1223

  Jensen, Robert T ^a   Miller, Nolan H ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 78149478748     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00118     Document Type: Article

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