The impact of US sugar prices on the financial performance of US sugar-using firms

Abstract The effect of the United States (US) sugar program on sugar-using firm profitability from 2000 to 2017 is examined using firm financial data and the relative US-to-world sugar price ratio. Return on assets and market-to-book ratio proxy for firm financial performance. The regression results...

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Main Authors: Carlos J. O. Trejo-Pech, Karen L. DeLong, Dayton M. Lambert, Vasileios Siokos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Economics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-020-00161-5