Explaining farm succession: The impact of farm location and off-farm employment opportunities

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-225

  Aldanondo Ochoa, A M ^a   Casanovas Oliva, V ^a   Almansa Saez C ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural household; Econometric models; Navarra

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250875655     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2007052-241     Document Type: Article

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