Adoption of organic farming in Germany and Austria: An integrative dynamic investment perspective

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-145

  Musshoff, Oliver ^a   Hirschauer, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexibility; New investment theory; Organic farming; Sunk cost; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 38849102259     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00321.x     Document Type: Review

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