Economic risk and the structural characteristics of farm businesses

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-86

  Barry, Peter J ^a   Escalante, Cesar L ^a   Bard, Sharon K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Ag Education and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm size; Financial structure; Income variability; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906317029     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214760180001117     Document Type: Article

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