Do Government Payments Influence Farm Size and Survival?
Using farm-level data from the 1987, 1992, and 1997 Census of Agriculture, this study estimates what effect agricultural payments have had on the likelihood of farm business survival and on farm size. The unique panel data set permits conditioning current farm size on past farm size, which removes m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
2007-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/8645 |