The dynamic effects of government-supported farm-investment activities on structural change in Austrian agriculture

Land Use Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-93

  Kirchweger, Stefan ^a   Kantelhardt, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Direct covariates matching; Dynamic structural development; Farm investment support; Heterogeneity of effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; FARM SIZE; INVESTMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

AUSTRIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84930201814     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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