Financing The Agricultural Sector

Future Challenges And Policy Alternatives
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-00526-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Farm credit and tax policies have become increasingly important areas of concern for policymakers and agriculturists. Rising levels of debt use among the nation's commercial producers, rising interest rates, and an increased dependence on international commodity markets have contributed to greater income volatility at the farm level, making financi

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hughes, Dean W.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Westview Special Studies -- Introduction -- A Financial Analysis of the Farm Sector: Sector Trends -- A Financial Analysis of the Farm Sector: Distributional Characteristics and Nonfarm Comparisons -- The Capital Markets for Farm Firms -- Projecting Financial Conditions in the Farm Sector -- Current and Future Issues in Agricultural Capital Markets -- Farm Financial Policy -- Tax Policy in Agriculture -- Farm Level Effects of Policy Options and Economic Conditions -- Summary and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Dean W. Hughes is the director of the Thornton Agricultural Finance Institute and teaches agricultural finance at Texas Tech University.
Stephen C. Gabriel is a partner in Farm Sector Economics Associates.
Peter J. Barry is professor of agricultural finance at the University of Illinois.
Michael D. Boehlje is chairman of the department of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Minnesota.