Farmland prices in the presence of transaction costs: A cautionary note

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 985-992

  Lence, Sergio H ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land economics; Land prices; Land transfer; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; RURAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 0035663061     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00224     Document Type: Article

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