Agricultural trade and poverty in Chile: A spatial analysis of product tradability

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 545-553

  Fleming, David A ^a   Abler, David G ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chile; Latin America; Poverty; Trade

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL TRADE; POVERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHILE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 78649500832     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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