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Madagascar: An Empirical Test of the Market Relaxation-State Compression Hypothesis
Christopher B. Barrett,
Christopher B. Barrett
*Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher B. Barrett,
Christopher B. Barrett
*Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Search for more papers by this authorThis research was supported by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Approved as UAES Journal Paper No. 4811

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