How connected are Chinese farmers to retail markets? New evidence of price transmission

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-46

  Liu, Bo ^a,b,c   Keyzer, Michiel ^b   van den Boom, Bart ^b   Zikhali, Precious ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Farmgate prices; Price transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855435017     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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