Is there a term structure in land lease rates?
Huettel, S.; Ritter, M.; Esaulov, V.; Odening, M.
European Review of Agricultural Economics 43(1): 165-187
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0165-1587
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbv010
Accession: 066310650
This article applies the concept of a term structure to agricultural land rental prices. Based on theoretical considerations, we develop a hedonic pricing model that allows for different shapes of the term structure curve while controlling for other price-relevant characteristics. We apply this model to land lease contracts in Saxony-Anhalt. We find an upward-sloping term structure during the agricultural price boom in 2007 and 2008, where market participants expected increasing rental prices. For the subsequent years, however, we detect a single-humped term structure. Hence, market participants revised their expectations and assumed a decline of land rental prices in the long term.