Food standards are good - for middle-class farmers

World Development

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 226-242

  Hansen, Henrik ^a   Trifković, Neda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asia; Food standards; Instrumental variable; Pangasius; Quantile regression; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

VIET NAM;

PANGASIUS;

EID: 84889679009     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.027     Document Type: Article

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