Spatial market integration of livestock products and road conditions in Mongolia

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 423-433

  Kusano, Eiichi ^a   Saizen, Izuru ^b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Engle Granger test; Error Correction Model; Price

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885158688     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.47.423     Document Type: Article

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