Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions - A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia
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- Yesuf, Mahmud & Köhlin, Gunnar, 2008. "Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions: A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia," RFF Working Paper Series dp-08-04-efd, Resources for the Future.
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Keywords
Bivariate probit; fertilizer adoption; market imperfections; risk aversion; time preferences; soil conservation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
- Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2009-12-11 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2009-12-11 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2009-12-11 (Development)
- NEP-MFD-2009-12-11 (Microfinance)
- NEP-RES-2009-12-11 (Resource Economics)
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