An Agent‐Based Simulation Model of Structural Change in Canadian Prairie Agriculture, 1960–2000
An Agent‐Based Simulation Model of Structural Change in Canadian Prairie Agriculture, 1960–2000
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加拿大草原农业结构变化的基于主体的模拟模型，1960-2000
DOI：
10.1111/j.1744-7976.2009.01169.x
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
R. Schoney
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作者：
Tyler Freeman;J. Nolan;R. Schoney
基于代理的模拟建模（或ABM）被用来研究1960-2000年期间加拿大草原农业的农场规模和金融结构的演变。在这个模型中，个体农场代理人的互动和动态通过土地所有权和租赁市场发生。一个基本的情况下，开发和验证模型对实际数据从一个典型的萨斯喀彻温省农场地区。随后，我们模拟了适用于该地区农场的反事实政策情景。总的来说，我们认为本文的贡献是双重的，首先，它代表了ABM的能力，以模拟农业在中到大规模的“概念证明”。其次，该模型使我们能够研究企业家精神，要素禀赋和历史政府农业支持支付对加拿大草原农场结构演变的贡献。版权所有（c）2009加拿大农业经济学会。
"Agent-based simulation modeling (or ABM) is used to examine the evolution of farm size and financial structure in Canadian prairie agriculture over the period 1960-2000. Individual farm agent interaction and dynamics in this model occur through land ownership and leasing markets. A base scenario is developed and the model is validated against actual data from a typical Saskatchewan farm region. Subsequently, we simulate counterfactual policy scenarios applicable to farms in this region. Overall, we view the contribution of this paper as twofold-first, it represents a "proof of concept" of ABM's ability to simulate farming on a medium to large scale. Second, the model allows us to examine the contributions of entrepreneurship, factor endowment, and historical government agricultural support payments on the evolution of Canadian prairie farm structure". Copyright (c) 2009 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.