The relationship between farm succession and farm assets on Belgian farms

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-56

  Calus, Mieke ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a   Van Lierde, Dirk ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FAMILY FARM; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; TRANSACTION COST;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40149085260     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2008.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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