Do China's agricultural policies matter for world commodity markets?

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-25

  Hansen, Jim ^a   Tuan, Francis ^a   Somwaru, Agapi ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Commodity markets; Economic equilibrium; Exports; International economics; Value added tax

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955519572     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371111103516     Document Type: Article

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