The changing structure of production: Argentine agriculture 1988-2002

Marcos Gallacher

Económica, 2010, vol. LVI, 3-28

Abstract: The agricultural sector of many countries shows increasing farm size with corresponding decrease in farm numbers. Despite abundant research, the determinants of these changes have not been clearly identified. This paper attempts to explain small firm survival in Argentine agriculture in the 1988 - 2002 period. The evidence suggests that labor market considerations, as well changing optimal size in response to production specialization are important factors affecting small-firm disappearance. In contrast, factor proportions (the K/L ratio) does not appear to have an impact on changes in firm size.

Keywords: economies of scale; Argentine agriculture; agricultural labor markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D20 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://economica.econo.unlp.edu.ar/resumen-articulo.php?param=122&param2=621 (application/pdf)

Related works:
Working Paper: The changing structure of production: Argentine agriculture 1988–2002 (2009)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:lap:journl:569

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Económica from Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Milagros Cejas ().