Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 597-652

  Karlan, Dean ^a   Osei, Robert ^b   Osei Akoto, Isaac ^b   Udry, Christopher ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CREDIT PROVISION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPENDITURE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; INVESTMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 84899945410     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qju002     Document Type: Article

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