Poverty Impacts of Changes in the International Prices of Agricultural Commodities: Recent Evidence for Argentina (An Ex-Ante Analysis)

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 375-395

  Moncarz, Pedro ^a,b   Barone, Sergio ^a   Calfat, Germán ^c   Descalzi, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; EXPORT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX SYSTEM;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84964425063     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1166206     Document Type: Article

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