Agricultural policy uncertainty and farm level adjustments - The case of direct payments and incentives for farmland investment

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Lagerkvist, Carl Johan ^a  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Farmland value; Investment; Land rent; Policy uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144464563     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbi005     Document Type: Article

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