Probability and timing of succession or closure in family firms: A switching regression analysis of farm households in Germany

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Glauben, Thomas ^a   Petrick, Martin ^a   Tietje, Hendrik ^b   Weiss, Christoph ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; ECONOMETRICS; FAMILY FARM; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 58249140197     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840601131722     Document Type: Article

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