Evaluating environmental liability through risk premiums charged on loans to agribusiness borrowers

Agribusiness

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 273-297

  Billiot, Mary Jo ^a,b   Daughtrey, Zoel W ^a  

^a EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41949121922     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.1016     Document Type: Article

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