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Changed market access in the north and the farm prices in the south: some lessons from the war on drugs

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Keyzer, M., Van Wesenbeeck, L. Changed market access in the north and the farm prices in the south: some lessons from the war on drugs. De Economist 152, 543–560 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-004-2492-0

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