The effects of purchasing and price subsidy policies for agricultural products under target zones

Economic Modelling

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 439-447

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

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural prices; Buffer fund; Buffer stock; Honeymoon effect; Target zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907623633     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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