The extent of the market and stages of agricultural specialization

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1125-1153

  Emran, M Shahe ^a   Shilpi, Forhad ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET SYSTEM; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84865197606     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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