The role of risk and transaction costs in contract design: Evidence from farmland lease contracts in U.S. agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 237-249

  Fukunaga, Keita ^a   Huffman, Wallace E ^b  

^a Economic Research Association   (Japan)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash rental contract; Cropshare contract; Efforts; Incentives; Risk sharing; Transition cost

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCENTIVE; LAND TENURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149504746     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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