Driving forces behind exiting from farming in Western Europe

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-127

  Breustedt, Gunnar ^a   Glauben, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Cross sectional estimation; European Union; Farm exit; Regional level data

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMETRICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; MACROECONOMICS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846415438     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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