Output Risk in Tuscan Agriculture in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

F.L. Galassi and Stephen Pudney

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: We analyze output risk in Italian agriculture over the period 1870-1914. We use data on a set of 16 tenanted plots grouped into three farms comprising a single large estate. We estimate the degree of risk associated with each separate crop, with the portfolio of crops at the level of the plot, the farm and the estate. We highlight two particular features: the relatively high risk associated with tree crops (wine, oil and nuts); and the substantial scope for the landlord to reduce risk through crop diversification across plots. We discuss the implications of these for tenure contract theory.

Keywords: RISK; AGRICULTURE; CONTRACTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C25 N53 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 1999
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