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The paper analyzes the family farms in the possibility of developing surpluses at different levels of debt. The method quartiles. The study involved a family farm, which in the period 2004-2008 to collect data in the FADN and were indebted. The study showed that farms in the upper quartile (more debt), generate a higher return on capital employed compared with those less indebted.
Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences' Committee on Agricultural Economics, Polish Economic Society
Instytut Ekonomiki Rolnictwa i Gospodarki Żywnościowej – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy