Agricultural Rents in Theory and Practice: An Annotated Bibliography

Excerpts from the Preface: This report is a compilation of selected references concerning agricultural rents in the United States and Great Britain. A list of sources consulted is supplied. However, it is realized that references may have been omitted either because the publications were not available or because their titles did not suggest that they contained information on the subject. Descriptive studies of prevailing rental practices are cited in the section, "Empirical Studies on Rent at the Firm Level." The primary intent of the bibliography is to serve as a reservoir of information for those who may have use for material pertaining to rent in theory and in practice. Such information may provide a valuable guide for further research on rent, and facilitate the exchange of ideas among researchers. It should also provide a basis for appraising the contributions to rent theory and analysis in specific areas of study that have been made over the last two centuries. No other such bibliography was found to exist. The bibliography is arranged by specific areas of rent analysis. Attention is focused on areas that have had the least development. This investigation was directed toward rent analyses and is only indirectly concerned with analyses of leases, land tenure, and land use.