Agricultural payments and land concentration: A semiparametric spatial regression analysis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 627-643

  Roberts, Michael J ^a   Key, Nigel ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural payments; Farm structure; Generalized additive model; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL FINANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45449119492     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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