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NEP - New Economics Papers
Issue: nep-agr-2003-03-25 - II
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NEP report on Agricultural Economics
Edited by Angelo Zago (angelo.zago@univr.it)
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In this issue:
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*(1) Mechanism Design for the Environment
Sandeep Baliga ; Eric Maskin
*(2) On The Future of Co-operatives
G.W.J. Hendrikse ; C.P. Veerman (Erasmus Research Institute
of Management (ERIM))
*( 3 ) On the Agricultural Part of the Core-Periphery Model
P M Picard & Dao-Zhi Zeng
*( 4 ) The Importance Of Property Rights For Economic Outcomes: Lessons
From The Transfer Of Productive Assets From Collective
To Private Ownership In Bulgarian Agriculture
Burton Abrams & Plamen Yossifov
*( 5 ) Agrarian Institutions And Economic Growth: Was The Sale Of
Bald=CDOs Responsible Of The Castilian Agrarian Crisis At
The End Of Sixteenth Century?
Carlos =C1lvarez
*( 6 ) Projecting World Food Demand Using Alternative Demand Systems
Yu, Wusheng & Hertel, Thomas & Preckel, Paul & Eales, James
*( 7 ) The Bioeconomics of Controlling an African Rodent Pest Species
Anders Skonhoft & Nils Chr. Stenseth & Herwig Leirs & Harry P.
Andreassen & Loth S.A. Mulungu
*( 8 ) Food Insecurity or Poverty? Measuring Need-Related Dietary
Adequacy
Janet Currie
*( 9 ) Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture
Conning, Jonathan H & Robinson, James A
*( 10 ) The benefits of rural roads. Enhancing income opportunities for
the rural poor
Javier Escobal & Carmen Ponce
*( 11 ) Farmer-Owned Brands? (revised)
Dermot Hayes & Sergio H. Lence & Andrea Stoppa
*( 12 ) Cash Rental Rates for Iowa: 2002 Survey
William Edwards & Darnell Smith
*( 13 ) Revenue Insurance for Hog Producers
William Edwards
*( 14 ) The Dynamic Formation of Willingness to Pay: An Empirical
Specification and Test
Jay R. Corrigan & Catherine L. Kling & Jinhua Zhao
*( 15 ) Optimal Quality Assurance Systems for Agricultural Outputs
Miguel Carriquiry & Bruce A. Babcock & Roxana Carbone
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*(1)
Mechanism Design for the Environment
Sandeep Baliga ; Eric Maskin
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:cla:levrem:506439
000000000341&r=3Dagr
Levine's Bibliography / UCLA Department of Economics
*(2)
On The Future of Co-operatives
G.W.J. Hendrikse ; C.P. Veerman (Erasmus Research Institute
of Management (ERIM))
Abstract: Two extensions are formulated of the analysis of the allocation
of decision rights in Hendrikse and Veerman (2001). First, the
incomplete contracts in their article can be viewed as simple long-
term contracts, i.e. it is not allowed to make the allocation of
authority contingent on the circumstances. Contingent long-term
contracts are now considered. Second, another aspect of decision
rights is the frequency of meetings between the owners and managers
of enterprises. This aspect will be addressed from a long-term
contract perspective as well as a loss aversion perspective.
Keywords: Contingent control rights frequency of board meetings
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:dgr:eureri:2003280&r=3Da
gr
Discussion Paper / Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM),
Erasmus University Rotterdam
*(3)
On the Agricultural Part of the Core-Periphery Model
P M Picard ; Dao-Zhi Zeng
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:man:sespap:0220&r=3Dagr
The School of Economics Discussion Paper Series / School of Economics,
The University of Manchester
*(4)
The Importance Of Property Rights For Economic Outcomes: Lessons
From The Transfer Of Productive Assets From Collective To
Private Ownership In Bulgarian Agriculture
Burton Abrams (University of Delaware) ; Plamen Yossifov
(Ph.D. Student in Economics, University of Delaware)
Abstract: The design of the agricultural reform in Bulgaria in the early
90-es provides researchers with a natural experiment for testing the
effect of the protracted absence of clearly defined property rights
on economic outcomes. Special rules governing the restitution of
orchards made one group of crops, namely fruits, more susceptible to
the negative effects of poorly defined property rights, resulting
from delayed land reform. Our empirical analysis shows that the
decline in agricultural output was steepest for crops in the fruits
group, which we attribute to the differential effect of the property
rights vacuum in the early stages of transition.
JEL Codes: D23 P26 Q15
Keywords: property rights Bulgaria agriculture transition
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:wpa:wuwpmi:0302006&r=3Da
gr
Microeconomics / Economics Working Paper Archive at WUSTL
*(5)
Agrarian Institutions And Economic Growth: Was The Sale Of
Bald=CDOs Responsible Of The Castilian Agrarian Crisis At The End
Of Sixteenth Century?
Carlos =C1lvarez
Abstract: The traditional literature about the Castilian agriculture has
interpreted the sale of bald=EDos as one of the main causes of the
decline of Castile during the seventeenth century. The sale obligated
the peasant to buy the land if he wanted to continue working on it.
Many of these lands were marginal and poor soils, so the growth of
production cost would have led many farmers to the ruin and poverty.
Many of them had to migrate to other regions, causing a deep fall of
agriculture production, the main production activity of Castile=92s
economy at that period of time. This paper shows that Castile entered
in decadence not because the bald=EDos were sold but because the
reasons inviting people to use more land and to increase production
during the first half of the sixteenth century disappeared around
1590. Instead of seeing exclusively the new costs faced by the farmer
after the sale, this paper explores what happened with revenues from
plowing more land. Bald=EDos was an institution that helped an increase
of production through expansion of land and labor. Who was the owner
of these lands seem to be indifferent in order to explain the amount
of production factor used on agriculture. If bald=EDos was not the
reason that provoked a huge migration in the Castilian countryside,
then, who was the responsible?. Problems to maintain the returns from
agriculture, and not the unexpected increase in the price of land,
were the real cause of the final crisis at the end of the sixteenth
century.
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:cte:whrepe:wh030501&r=3
Dagr
Economics History and Institutions Working Papers / Universidad Carlos
III, Departamento de Historia Econ=F3mica e Instituciones
*(6)
Projecting World Food Demand Using Alternative Demand Systems
Yu, Wusheng ; Hertel, Thomas ; Preckel, Paul ; Eales,
James
Abstract: Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are increasingly
being used to project world food markets in order to support forward-
looking policy analysis. Such projections hinge critically on the
underlying functional form for representing consumer demand. Simple
functional forms can lead to unrealistic projections by failing to
capture changes in income elasticities of demand. We adopt as our
benchmark the recently introduced AIDADS demand system and compare it
with several alternative demand systems currently in widespread use
in CGE models. This comparison is conducted in the context of
projections for disaggregated global food demand using a global CGE
model. We find that AIDADS represents a substantial improvement,
particularly for the rapidly growing developing countries. For these
economies, the most widely used demand systems tend to over-predict
future food demands, and hence overestimate future production and
import requirements for agricultural products.
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:gta:workpp:1182&r=3Dagr
GTAP Working Papers / Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
*(7)
The Bioeconomics of Controlling an African Rodent Pest Species
Anders Skonhoft (Department of Economics, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology) ; Nils Chr. Stenseth (Division
of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo) ; Herwig Leirs
(Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory, Denmark and University of
Antwerp (RUCA), Department of Biology, Belgium) ; Harry P. Andreassen
(Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo,
Norway) ; Loth S.A. Mulungu (Rodent Research Project, Sokoine
University of Agriculture, Tanzania)
Abstract: The paper treats the economy of controlling an African pest
rodent, the multimammate rat, causing major damage in maize
production. An ecological population model is presented and used as a
basis for the economic analyses carried out at the village level
using data from Tanzania. This model incorporates both density-
dependent and density-independent (stochastic) factors. Rodents are
controlled by applying poison, and the economic benefits depend on
the income from maize production minus the costs for maize
production, fertiliser and poison. We analyse how the net present
value of maize production is affected by various rodent control
strategies, by varying the duration and timing of rodenticide
application. Our numerical results suggest that, in association with
fertiliser, it is economically beneficial to control the rodent
population. In general the most rewarding duration of controlling the
rodent population is 3-4 months every year, and especially at the end
of the dry season/beginning of rainy season. The paper demonstrates
that changing from today=92s practice of symptomatic treatment when
heavy rodent damage is noticed to a practice where the calendar is
emphasised, may substantially improve the economic conditions for the
maize producing farmers. This main conclusion is quite robust and not
much affected by changing prices and costs of the maize production.
Keywords: bio-economics; pest control; multimammate rat; crop production
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:nst:samfok:3103&r=3Dagr
Working Paper Series / Department of Economics, Norwegian University of
Science and Technology
*(8)
Food Insecurity or Poverty? Measuring Need-Related Dietary
Adequacy
Janet Currie
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:cla:uclaol:203&r=3Dagr
UCLA Economics Online Papers / UCLA Department of Economics
*(9)
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture
Conning, Jonathan H ; Robinson, James A
Abstract: The modern theory of agrarian organization has studied how the
economic environment determines organizational form under the
assumption of stable property rights to land. The political economy
literature has modeled the endogenous determination of property
rights. In this Paper we propose a model in which the economic
organization of agriculture and the political equilibrium determining
the distribution of property rights are jointly determined. In
particular, because the form of organization may affect the
probability and distribution of benefits from agrarian reform, it may
be determined in anticipation of this impact. The model offers a
reason for why tenancy, despite its economic advantages, has been so
little used in countries where agrarian reform is a salient political
issue. We argue that this in particular helps to understand the
dearth of tenancy and the relative failure of land reform in Latin
America.
JEL Codes: D72 O12
Keywords: agrarian organization; land reform; political economy
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:cpr:ceprdp:3204&r=3Dagr
CEPR Discussion Papers / C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
*(10)
The benefits of rural roads. Enhancing income opportunities for
the rural poor
Javier Escobal (Grupo de An=E1lisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE))
; Carmen Ponce
Abstract: Most studies have measured the benefits of rehabilitated rural
roads by focusing on reductions in monetary or time costs needed to
access product and factor markets or key public social services. This
paper complements these studies by evaluating their impact on key
welfare indicators such as income or consumption. Looking at rural
households living in some of the poorest districts of Peru, this
study compares (using propensity score matching techniques)
households located near rehabilitated roads to suitable controls.
Results show that rehabilitated road accessibility can be related to
changes in income sources, as the rehabilitated road enhances non-
agricultural income opportunities, especially from wage-employment
sources. The study also finds that income expansion is not been
matched by an equivalent consumption increase; apparently because the
additional income is allocated to savings, through increments in
livestock, most likely because road quality improvement is being
perceived as transitory.
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:gad:doctra:dt40b&r=3Dagr
Documentos de Trabajo / Grupo de An=E1lisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)
*(11)
Farmer-Owned Brands? (revised)
Dermot Hayes ; Sergio H. Lence ; Andrea Stoppa
Abstract: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/research/viewabstract.asp?p
id=3D10216
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:isu:genres:10216&r=3Dagr
Staff General Research Papers / Iowa State University, Department of
Economics
*(12)
Cash Rental Rates for Iowa: 2002 Survey
William Edwards ; Darnell Smith
Abstract: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/research/viewabstract.asp?pi
d=3D2114
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:isu:genres:2114&r=3Dagr
Staff General Research Papers / Iowa State University, Department of
Economics
*(13)
Revenue Insurance for Hog Producers
William Edwards
Abstract: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/research/viewabstract.asp?pi
d=3D2082
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:isu:genres:2082&r=3Dagr
Staff General Research Papers / Iowa State University, Department of
Economics
*(14)
The Dynamic Formation of Willingness to Pay: An Empirical
Specification and Test
Jay R. Corrigan ; Catherine L. Kling ; Jinhua Zhao
Abstract: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/research/viewabstract.asp?p
id=3D10220
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:isu:genres:10220&r=3Dagr
Staff General Research Papers / Iowa State University, Department of
Economics
*(15)
Optimal Quality Assurance Systems for Agricultural Outputs
Miguel Carriquiry ; Bruce A. Babcock ; Roxana Carbone
Abstract: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/research/viewabstract.asp?p
id=3D10222
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=3DRePEc:isu:genres:10222&r=3Dagr
Staff General Research Papers / Iowa State University, Department of
Economics
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