Government trade restrictions and international price volatility

Global Food Security

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-166

  Anderson, Kym ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domestic market insulation; Food price stabilization; Trade distorting measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872261263     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2012.11.005     Document Type: Review

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