Modern food retailers and traditional markets in developing countries: Comparing quality, prices, and competition strategies in Thailand

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-362

  Schipmann, Christin ^a   Qaim, Matin ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modern retailers; Product quality; Supermarkets; Thailand; Traditional wet markets; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052743228     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppr018     Document Type: Article

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