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Statistical Significance of Indicators of Efficiency and Incentives: Examples from West African Agriculture

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  • John McIntire
  • Christopher L. Delgado

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Indicators of efficiency and incentives derived from trade theory, such as the domestic resource cost coefficient (DRC) and effective protection (EP), are generally presented as simple means. Analysis of their distributions, using farm data on millet and sorghum production from West Africa, shows them to be highly variable and, in some cases, to be significantly skewed. The analysis also shows the indicators to be highly elastic to changes in such parameters as input and output prices. If this variability is not considered when making inferences from such data, policy recommendations can be seriously misleading because they are based on different farming populations.

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  • John McIntire & Christopher L. Delgado, 1985. "Statistical Significance of Indicators of Efficiency and Incentives: Examples from West African Agriculture," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 67(4), pages 733-738.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:67:y:1985:i:4:p:733-738.
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    1. Pakravan, Mohammad Reza & Kalashami, Mohammad Kavoosi, 2011. "Determination of target Exchange rate for the comparative advantage of Iran crops (A Case of Sari Township)," International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development (IJAMAD), Iranian Association of Agricultural Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 1-6, June.
    2. Sylvester Mpandeli & Phokele Maponya, 2014. "Constraints and Challenges Facing the Small Scale Farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 6(4), pages 135-135, March.

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