The effect of a target zone on the stabilization of agricultural prices and farmers' nominal income

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-47

  Chen, Li Ju ^a   Ye, Chusheng ^b   Hu, Shih Wen ^a   Wang, Vey ^a   Wen, Jiandong ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural prices; Farmers' nominal income; Honeymoon effect; Target zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879073903     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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