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Friends or Traders? Do social networks affect the use of market mechanisms by farmers in India

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  • Baylis, Katherine R.
  • Chhatre, Ashwini
  • Prasanna, Satya
  • Songsermsawas, Tisom

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  • Baylis, Katherine R. & Chhatre, Ashwini & Prasanna, Satya & Songsermsawas, Tisom, 2012. "Friends or Traders? Do social networks affect the use of market mechanisms by farmers in India," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124889, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124889
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