Financing the Agricultural Sector - Future Challenges and Policy Alternatives

List of contents

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

About the author

"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."

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the financial structure of agriculture and the attendant issues and alternatives in farm credit and tax policy.

Product details

• Authors: Peter J. Barry, Michael D. Boehlje, Stephen C. Gabriel, Dean W. Hughes, Hughes Dean W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367005269
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00526-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Agricultural science