Does agritourism enhance farm profitability

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-87

  Schilling, Brian J ^a   Attavanich, Witsanu ^b   Jin, Yanhong ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Agritourism; Direct to consumer marketing; Farm profitability; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905039951     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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