Financial structure of farm businesses under imperfect capital markets

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 920-933

  Barry, Peter J ^a   Bierlen, Ralph W ^b   Sotomayor, Narda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Financial structure; Funding costs; Pecking order

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGROINDUSTRY; CAPITAL MARKET;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033667976     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00091     Document Type: Article

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