Farmer bankruptcies and farm exits in the United States, 1899-2002
By: Jerome M. Stam and Bruce L. Dixon.
Contributors: Dixon, Bruce L.; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
Series: Agriculture information bulletin ;; no. 788
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Farm management -- United States.; Farms -- United States.; Bankruptcy -- United States.; Farm foreclosures -- United States.; Farmers -- United States -- Economic conditions.; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-30).
Cover title.
"March 2004"--P. i.
Also issued via the Internet at http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib788/aib788.pdf as of 04/04.
Table of contents: title: Bankruptcy law development in brief; title: Bankruptcy options available to farm debtors; title: Historical farmer bankruptcy trends; title: Chapter 12 discharge, conversion, and dismissal rates; title: Factors inducing chapter 12 bankruptcy rates to decline; title: Farmer bankruptcies and farm sector structure.