Assessing the influence of direct payments on the rental value of agricultural land

Food Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 397-405

  Patton, Myles ^a   Kostov, Philip ^b   McErlean, Seamus ^c   Moss, Joan ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural land rents; Decoupling; Direct payments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; PANEL DATA; RENT CONTROL; RENTAL SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49249125482     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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