Charcoal production and household welfare in Uganda: A quantile regression approach

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 537-558

  Ainembabazi, John Herbert ^a,b   Shively, Gerald ^a,c   Angelsen, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)   (Uganda)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883340600     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X1300017X     Document Type: Article

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