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This research empirically investigates the well known 'poor-but-efficient' hypothesis formulated by Schultz (1964) assuming that small scale farmers in developing countries are reasonably efficient in allocating their scarce resources by responding positively to price incentives. Deviating from...
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In this paper we analyze the factors that influence the productivity of maize among smallholder farmers. We use farm-household survey data in order to compare the productivity of smallholder maize production under integrated (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management using a normalized...
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This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weather events. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affected individuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
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Drawing on survey data, this paper identifies the determinants of variations in farm gate milk prices for three CIS countries (Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine). We apply a multi-level modeling approach, specifically a bootstrapped and selectivity bias corrected mixed-effects linear regression...
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Bislang ist wenig über das Verhalten von Landwirten bei Vertragsangeboten für die Lieferung nachwachsender Rohstoffe bekannt. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wird deshalb die Akzeptanz von Landwirten für Industrierübenlieferverträge untersucht. Dabei zeigt sich, dass das Antwortverhalten...
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Ökonomische Experimente werden traditionell in einer Laborumgebung durchgeführt. Labor-experimente zeichnen sich durch eine hohe interne Validität aus. Die externe Validität ist aber aufgrund der i.d.R. stilisiert-vereinfachten Experimentierumgebung oft eingeschränkt. In den letzten Jahren...
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Ökonomische Experimente werden traditionell in einer Laborumgebung durchgeführt. Labor-experimente zeichnen sich durch eine hohe interne Validität aus. Die externe Validität ist aber aufgrund der i.d.R. stilisiert-vereinfachten Experimentierumgebung oft eingeschränkt. In den letzten Jahren...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069833
The Common Agricultural Policy is modelled as a club good providing the European Union (EU) farmer with financial benefits. We build an economic model which explains how much farmers in individual EU countries invest in rent-seeking activities in order to test for free-riding behaviour on...
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Kosovo, like most of rural Central and Eastern Europe, has witnessed substantial out-migration in recent years, prompting debates on the effect of migration on agricultural efficiency. This paper addresses this issue, drawing on a large (n=2217) and representative sample of agricultural...
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