Exploring farm investment behaviour in transition: The case of Russian agriculture

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 436-464

  Bokusheva, Raushan ^a,c   Bezlepkina, Irina ^b   Lansik, Alfons Oude ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Adjustment cost model; Dynamic investment models; Error correction investment model; Russia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CAPITAL FLOW; ERROR CORRECTION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MODEL; RETURNS TO SCALE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 65449138239     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2009.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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