Actualisation, risque et cacao. Les insuffisances de la théorie

Véronique Alary and Jean-Marc Boussard ()

Économie rurale, 2000, vol. 259

Abstract: Given observed prices, current rates of discount seldom produce positive present values for forest investments. Especially in LDC's, where rates of interest are high, a «rational» investor should remove trees, and plant annual crops. Yet, it is not unusual to find tree planting farmers. In order to explain such behavior, one is forced to admit that the preference to present against futures consumption is less important than assumed by current theory, and should perhaps be replaced by dynamic risk aversion. These remarks are illustrated by a survey and a multi-period model of Cameroon cocoa planters. It is shown that the predictions of current theory are not conformable with observed facts. On the other hand, by endogenously defining the rate of discount from risk consideration, a better fit to reality is obtained.

Date: 2000
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