Factors affecting variability in farm and off-farm income

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-397

  Poon, Kenneth ^a   Weersink, Alfons ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Coefficient of variation; Farm income; Farms; Income; Income variation; Off farm income; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883343587     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00021461111177639     Document Type: Article

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