Determinants of farmland prices and their local variation
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https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2021-0034Keywords
farmland price, income value, sale value, development value, land conversionAbstract
The creation of farmland prices in the market not only reflects existing agricultural activities but also the expected future potential for development. This study decomposes farmland prices into values representative of current agricultural production and future development potential at the county level. The income value of farmland is derived by analyzing the agricultural revenue and production cost, and the sale value of farmland is estimated by reviewing the transaction prices filed with the administrative authority. The difference between the income value and the sale value is adopted as the development value in this study. The results of the estimation show that the proportion of development value in the price of farmland is remarkably high, with a median proportion of 0.78, indicating that the threat of converting land to non-agricultural use is non-trivial because it remains a financially attractive alternative. In addition, the magnitude of the portion of the development value in the price of farmland varies considerably across counties depending on the distance to nearby metropolitan cities. This implies that agricultural policy should be designed in a locally optimized manner to effectively restrain the conversion of farmland for urban use.
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