Information, efficiency, and welfare in agricultural markets

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 203-216

  Jensen, Robert T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural markets; Economic development; Information technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 78149486345     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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