Credit market access and profitability in Tunisian agriculture

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-240

  Foltz, Jeremy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

C25; Credit markets; Farm profits; North Africa; O12; O53; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CREDIT PROVISION; INVESTMENT; PROFITABILITY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 2642560604     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agecon.2002.12.003     Document Type: Article

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