Labor income and risky investments: Can part-time farmers compete?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-493

  Andersson, Hans ^a   Ramamurtie, Sailesh ^b   Ramaswami, Bharat ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Labor income; Off farm income; Part time farming; Portfolio choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037374909     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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