Farmers' investment behavior: An empirical assessment of two specifications of expectations

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-174

  Thijssen, Geert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GMM; Investment; Panel data; Rational expectations

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL INVESTMENT; DAIRY FARM; FARMERS' ATTITUDES; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; INVESTMENT DECISION; MODELLING APPROACH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030472445     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243788     Document Type: Article

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