Prices, technology, and farm size

Prices, technology, and farm size

Extract: In this paper we construct and empirically test a theory of the agricultural firm which explains the long-term growth in farm size in the United States.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of political economy 1982-06, Vol.90 (3), p.578-595
Hauptverfasser: Kislev, Yoav, Peterson, Willis
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agricultural land
Crop economics
Crop production
Crops
Economic models
Economic theory
Economies of scale
Elasticity of demand
Family farms
Farm economics
Farm machinery
Farms
Farmworkers
Food crops
Growth
Industrial agriculture
Labor costs
Land tenure
Machinery
Opportunity costs
Political economy
Production factors
Size
Technological change
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Zusammenfassung:Extract: In this paper we construct and empirically test a theory of the agricultural firm which explains the long-term growth in farm size in the United States.
ISSN:0022-3808
1537-534X
DOI:10.1086/261075