Lifetime Leverage Choice for Proprietary Farmers in a Dynamic Stochastic Environment

This article reviews various models that may be used to explain optimal leverage choice for the proprietary farmer in a stochastic dynamic environment and develops a new model that highlights the risk of failure rather than the usual concept of risk as the variability of wealth. The model suggests t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert A. Collins, Larry S. Karp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1993-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30962