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    Fads versus Fundamentals in Farmland Prices: Comment


    Roche, Maurice J. (2001) Fads versus Fundamentals in Farmland Prices: Comment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83 (4). pp. 1074-1077. ISSN 0002-9092

    Abstract

    In a recent article in this journal Falk and Lee (FL) employed a present-value model to study the dynamics of farmland prices in Iowa over 1922–1994. They decom-pose farmland prices into fundamental and nonfundamental components using a three variable vector autoregression model. The logged variables included are the change in real farmland rents, the change in rents less the real interest rate, and the spread between real farmland price and rent. FL find that nonfundamental shocks are an important source of volatility in farmland prices and that these price movements are due to fads not speculative bubbles. We argue to the contrary and provide evidence that supports a partially collapsing bubble.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Fads versus Fundamentals; Farmland Prices;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
    Item ID: 20615
    Identification Number: 10.1111/0002-9092.00231
    Depositing User: IR Editor
    Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2025 11:25
    Journal or Publication Title: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Publisher: Wiley
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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