The instability of farm income. Empirical evidences on aggregation bias and heterogeneity among farm groups

This paper analyses the instability of farm income experienced by a constant sample of Italian farms over the period 2003-2012. It assesses the extent of the aggregation bias due to the use of aggregated vs. single farm data and estimates the level of farm income variability in several groups of fa...

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Main Authors: Simone Severini, Antonella Tantari, Giuliano Di Tommaso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2016-04-01
Series:Bio-based and Applied Economics
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/3286