Investing today or tomorrow? An experimental approach to farmers' decision behaviour

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-318

  Maart Noelck, Syster C ^a   Musshoff, Oliver ^a  

^a Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Farmer behaviour; Investment; Real options

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT; MICROECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALUATION;

EID: 84877920246     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2012.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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