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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
卷 88, 期 3, 页码 657-670出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00886.x
关键词
human capital; information value; irrigation technology adoption; production uncertainty
We propose a theoretical framework to analyze the conditions under which a farmer facing production uncertainty (due to a possible water shortage) and incomplete information will adopt a more efficient irrigation technology. A reduced form of this model is empirically estimated using a sample of 265 farms located in Crete, Greece. The empirical results suggest that farmers choose to adopt the new technology in order to hedge against production risk. In addition, we show that the farmer's human capital also plays a significant role in the decision to adopt modern, more efficient irrigation equipment.
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