Modelling the effect of farming attitudes on farm credit use: A case study from Ireland

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 456-470

  Howley, Peter ^a   Dillon, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Credit; Farm indebtedness; Farming attitudes; Ireland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887128641     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00021461211277286     Document Type: Article

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