Why do rural firms live longer?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 669-688

  Yu, Li ^a   Orazem, Peter F ^b   Jolly, Robert W ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asset fixity; firm entry; firm survival; hazard rate; rural; salvage value; sorting; urban

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; PROFITABILITY; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

IOWA; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960375294     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq173     Document Type: Article

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