Rates of return on U.S. farm investments, 1940-2003: A comparison of imputed returns versus residual income approaches

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-107

  Moss, Charles B ^a   Mishra, Ashok K ^b   Erickson, Kenneth W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imputation method; Quasi fixity; Residual income approach; Returns to farm assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952412189     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660680001182     Document Type: Article

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