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NEP: New Economics Papers
Agricultural Economics
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Edited by: Angelo Zago
Universita degli Studi di Verona
Date: 2005-05-29
Papers: 6
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In this issue we have:
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1. Households' Demand for Higher Environmental Quality: The Case
of Russia
Blam Inna
2. Agricultural surplus, division of labour and the emergence of
cities: A spatial general equilibrium model
Gilles Spielvogel
3. Market structure and environmental amenities in hedonic
pricing of rural cottages
Mollard, A.; Rambonilaza, M.; Vollet, D.
4. Start-ups, firm growth and the consolidation of the French
biotech industry
Avenel, E.; Corolleur, F.; Gauthier, C.; Rieu, C.
5. Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on
Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya
Cheryl R. Doss; John G. McPeak
6. The Food Problem and the Evolution of International Income
Levels
Douglas Gollin; Stephen L. Parente; Richard Rogerson
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1. Households' Demand for Higher Environmental Quality: The Case
of Russia
Blam Inna
This paper employs the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (
RLMS) to examine changes in Russian households' averting behavior
against air and drinking water pollution and their willingness to
pay additional money to the federal or local government for
cleaner environment over the period 1994?1998. The empirical
analysis demonstrates that the households income and the local
environmental pollution do influence the respondent's decision on
both averting behavior and his or her willingness to pay for
cleaner air and drinking water. Also, the individual's life
expectancy, living conditions, and knowledge about the negative
impact of polluted environment (higher or serious illness thought
to be caused by pollution in the respondent's family) are found
to be significant determinants of the probability of the
willingness to pay for environmental goods.
Keywords: Russia, willingness to pay for better higher
environmental quality, averting behavior
JEL: D12 Q53
Date: 2005-05-26
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:eer:wpalle:05-08e&r=agr
2. Agricultural surplus, division of labour and the emergence of
cities: A spatial general equilibrium model
Gilles Spielvogel (DIAL, Paris)
n this paper, we expose the economic conditions of cities
emergence in a spatial general equilibrium framework. The
presence of increasing returns based on the division of labour,
transport costs and the possible existence of an agricultural
surplus are enough to generate different possible urban
equilibrium. A city may not be sustainable if internal transport
costs are too high. On the other hand, a persistent migratory
pressure may exist between the city and the surrounding rural
hinterland if the urban labour market is saturated. In addition,
we study the conditions of stability of the monocentric
equilibrium in the different cases.
Keywords: Urbanization, division of labour, agricultural surplus,
monocentric urban system
JEL: R13 R14 O18
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:got:iaidps:108&r=agr
3. Market structure and environmental amenities in hedonic
pricing of rural cottages
Mollard, A.
Rambonilaza, M.
Vollet, D.
Site-specific characteristics are attributes of tourism services
for consumers and a factor influencing their costs and quality
for producers. These services are a fine illustration of
territorial rents. Using estimates from hedonic price equations,
we test the role of environmental/territorial variables as
services differentiation tools in the context of a non-
competitive market, and recover the value of territorial rent
generated by tourism managers' strategies. Two territories of
reference are chosen, one currently benefiting from the renewed
interest of the public, and a usual tourist destination. The
results of a comparative analysis suggest that tourists'
preferences for new destinations, combined with firms' strategies
generate some catching up effect by emerging territories.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION; HEDONIC METHOD; SERVICE
DIFFERENTIATION; TOURISM
JEL: Q21 Q26 R14
Date: 2004
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rea:gaelwp:200427&r=agr
4. Start-ups, firm growth and the consolidation of the French
biotech industry
Avenel, E.
Corolleur, F.
Gauthier, C.
Rieu, C.
Based on an original dataset, we analyze empirically the
determinants of firm growth in the French biotech industry during
two periods, 1996-1999 and 1999-2002. We have two main results.
First, Gibrat's law is violated. The growth of annual turnover is
influenced by teh initial size of the firm. The effect is non-
linear, negative for small firms. Second, location has a
significant impact on growth. We use different sets of dummies to
characterize location and different measures of firm growth. As a
whole, our results point at Marseilles (and its region) and
Nanterre (but not Paris and Evry) as favorable places for the
growth of firms between 1999 and 2002. For the 1996-1999, the
favorable places are Strasbourg (and Alsace) and Rh?ne-Alpes (
Lyon/Grenoble). Our analysis thus suggests that the changes in
the (notably legal) environment of French biotech firms that took
place in 1999 had a drastic effect of the comparative advantages
of locations for biotech firms.
Keywords: BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERING; FIRM GROWTH;
FRANCE
JEL: L25 L65 R30
Date: 2005
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rea:gaelwp:200503&r=agr
5. Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on
Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya
Cheryl R. Doss (Yale University)
John G. McPeak (Syracuse University)
Market-based development efforts frequently create opportunities
to generate income from goods previously produced and consumed
within the household. Production within the household is often
characterized by a gender and age division of labor. Market
development efforts to improve well being may lead to
unanticipated outcomes if household production decisions are non-
cooperative. We develop and test models of household decision-
making to investigate intra-household decision making in a
nomadic pastoral setting from Kenya. Our results suggest that
household decisions are contested, with husbands using migration
decisions to resist wives' ability to market milk.
Keywords: Intrahousehold decision-making, household production,
Kenya
JEL: D13 O12
Date: 2005-02
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:egc:wpaper:906&r=agr
6. The Food Problem and the Evolution of International Income
Levels
Douglas Gollin (Yale University and Williams College)
Stephen L. Parente (University of Illinois)
Richard Rogerson (Arizona State University)
This paper examines the effect of agricultural development on a
country's overall development and growth experience. In most poor
countries, large fractions of land, labor, and other productive
resources are devoted to producing food for subsistence needs.
This "food problem" can delay a country's industrial development
for a long period of time, causing its per capita income to fall
far behind the world leader. Once industrialization begins, this
trend is reversed. The extent to which a country catches up to
the leader depends primarily on factors that affect productivity
in non- agricultural activities: agricultural productivity is
thus largely irrelevant in the very long run. But in the short
run, a country that experiences large improvements in
agricultural productivity (due to, say, a Green Revolution) will
experience a rapid increase in its income relative to the leaders.
Keywords: Agriculture, Economic Growth, Subsistence, Food
Problem, Agricultural Technology, Long-run Growth
JEL: E13 O40 O41 Q10
Date: 2004-12
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:egc:wpaper:899&r=agr
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