Mobile phones and market information: Evidence from rural Cambodia

Food Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-141

  Shimamoto, Daichi ^a   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^b   Gummert, Martin ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Agricultural markets; Market information; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; INFORMATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 84946562073     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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