The farm diversification discount

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 984-994

  Katchova, Ani L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Diversification discount; Farm value

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATE; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; FARM; VALUATION;

EID: 29144487144     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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