Agriculture on the move: Exploring regional differences in farm exit rates in Western Germany

Jahrbuch fur Regionalwissenschaft

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-118

  Glauben, Thomas ^a   Tietje, Hendrik ^a   Weiss, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; FAMILY FARM;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 33745910922     PISSN: 01737600     EISSN: 16139836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10037-004-0062-1     Document Type: Article

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