Heterogeneous technology and panel data: The case of the agricultural production function

Yair Mundlak, Rita Butzer and Donald Larson ()

No 290004, Discussion Papers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management

Abstract: The paper presents empirical analysis of a panel of countries aimed at estimating agricultural production using a measure of capital in agriculture absent from most studies. We employ a heterogeneous technology framework where implemented technology is chosen jointly with inputs to interpret information obtained in the empirical analysis of panel data. We discuss the scope for replacing country and time effects by observed variables and the limitations of instrumental variables. The empirical results differ from those reported in the literature for cross-country studies, largely in augmenting the elasticities of capital and land and reducing those of fertilizers and labor.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54
Date: 2008
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Journal Article: Heterogeneous technology and panel data: The case of the agricultural production function (2012)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.290004

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