Time-Related Characteristics of Tenancy Contracts and Investment in Soil Conservation Practices
Time-Related Characteristics of Tenancy Contracts and Investment in Soil Conservation Practices
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DOI：
10.1007/s10640-013-9719-y
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发表时间：
2014-09-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Goetz, Renan
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作者：
Abdulai, Awudu;Goetz, Renan
我们提出了一个动态模型，展示了不同类型的土地租赁合同及其时间相关特征如何影响农民在土壤改良和生产性投入上的投资决策。利用加纳Brong-Ahafo地区最近的家庭和地块数据，我们分析了土地租赁安排、合同期限以及过去续签合同的次数对沟渠和农家庭院肥料等土壤保持措施和化肥等生产性投入的投资强度的影响。实证结果总体上证实了理论模型的预测，并揭示了特定农户在不同地块上的投资强度随地块租赁安排的类型以及合同的时间相关特征而显着不同。
We present a dynamic model that shows how different types of land tenancy contracts and their time-related characteristics influence farmers' decisions to invest in soil improvement and productive inputs. Using recent household and plot-level data from the Brong-Ahafo Region in Ghana, we analyze the impact of land tenancy arrangements, contract duration, as well as the number of times the contract has been renewed in the past on the intensity of investment in soil conservation measures such as ditches and farmyard manure and productive inputs like chemical fertilizer. The empirical findings generally confirm the predictions of the theoretical model and reveal that the intensity of investments on different plots cultivated by a given farmer varies significantly with the type of tenancy arrangement on the plot as well as the time-related characteristics of the contract.