State-level cooperative extension spending and farmer exits

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 65-86

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Davlasheridze, Meri ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative extension; Farm survival; Federal farm subsidies; Hatch act; Job retention; Productivity; Smith lever act

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018970213     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppw007     Document Type: Article

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