Article
Transaction Costs and the Present Value “Puzzle” of Farmland Prices
Southern Economic Journal
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2002
DOI
10.2307/1061717
Abstract
The present study introduces a theoretical land pricing model that allows for proportional transaction costs, and a corresponding kernel regression test. The model is tested with farmland returns data for 20 individual states, and also with two aggregate U.S. level series. The constant discount rate (CDR) present value model (PVM) of farmland prices is strongly rejected. However, it is found that the behavior of land prices and rents is consistent with the CDR-PVM in the presence of empirically observed values of transaction costs. Findings are very robust in that they apply to both individual state-level data and the U.S. aggregate-level series.
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en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Patrick de Fontnouvelle and Sergio H Lence. "Transaction Costs and the Present Value “Puzzle” of Farmland Prices" Southern Economic Journal Vol. 68 Iss. 3 (2002) p. 549 - 565 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sergio_lence/23/
This article is from Southern Economic Journal 68 (2002): 549, doi:10.2307/1061717. Posted with permission.