Does capital market structure affect farm investment? A comparison using French and British farm-level panel data

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1115-1129

  Benjamin, Catherine ^a   Phimister, Euan ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cash flow; Farm investment; France; Panel data; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE; CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; INVESTMENT;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036868141     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00372     Document Type: Article

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