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The role of intermediaries in enhancing market efficiency in the Ethiopian grain market

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    Volume (Year): 25 (2001)
    Issue (Month): 2-3 (September)
    Pages: 311-320

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:agecon:v:25:y:2001:i:2-3:p:311-320
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    2. Haji, Jema, 2008. "Economic efficiency and marketing performance of vegetable production in the eastern and central parts of Ethiopia," Department of Economics publications 1730, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics.
    3. Yu, Xiaohua & Abler, David G. & Zeng, Yinchu, 2009. "Contractual Arrangements of Traders in Chinese Wholesale Markets," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51399, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    4. De Fraja, Gianni & Sákovics, József, 2012. "Exclusive nightclubs and lonely hearts columns: Non-monotone participation in optional intermediation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 84(2), pages 618-632.
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    9. Hu, Lifang & Zeng, Yinchu & Lopez, Rigoberto A., 2016. "Access to Credit by Traders in Chinese Agricultural Wholesale Markets," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, 2016, Boston, Massachusetts 235449, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    13. Lifang Hu & Lopez, Rigoberto A. & Yinchu Zeng, 2016. "The Impact of Credit Constraints on the Performance of Chinese Agricultural Wholesalers," Working Papers 43, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy.

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