Farm bankruptcy risk as a link between direct payments and agricultural investment

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-500

  Vercammen, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Decoupling; Direct payment; Farm investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249046396     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbm040     Document Type: Article

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