Household Coping in war- and peacetime: cattle sales in Rwanda, 1991-2001
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- Verpoorten, Marijke, 2009. "Household coping in war- and peacetime: Cattle sales in Rwanda, 1991-2001," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 88(1), pages 67-86, January.
- Marijke Verpoorten, 2007. "Household coping in war- and peacetime: cattle sales in Rwanda, 1991-2001," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces0727, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
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Coping Strategies; Buffer Stock Model; Cattle; Violent Conflict; Rwanda;JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-09-24 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2007-09-24 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2007-09-24 (Development)
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