On price risk and the inverse farm size-productivity relationship
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On Price Risk and the Inverse Farm Size-productivity Relationship
The oft-observed inverse relationship between farm size and productivity is generally explained by labor market imperfections. Although other explanations exist (e.g., size-sensitive cropping patterns and variable soil quality), the literature ignores uncertainty as an explanation. Using a simple two-period model of an agricultural household that both produces and consumes under price uncertain...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Development Economics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0304-3878
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3878(96)00412-9