Cliff T Bekar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3097417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cliff T Bekar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cliff T |
| FAMILY NAME | Bekar |
| SIGNATURE | BEKAR C T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lewis & Clark College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8413-8351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Persistence of Harvest Shocks in Medieval England
I present evidence that shocks to the Medieval English harvest persisted. Hypothesized mechanisms include varying supplies of seed corn and other complementary harvest inputs. Peasants are modeled as trading off current consumption against grain stores and sow rates so that subsistence-level shocks may persist. For my sample I find that a failed harvest increased the probability of subsequent harvest failure by 20-30 percent. Grain yields are ana…
Religious prohibitions against usury
Open fields, risk, and land divisibility
Religious prohibitions against usury
Open fields, risk, and land divisibility
The Persistence of Harvest Shocks in Medieval England
I present evidence that shocks to the Medieval English harvest persisted. Hypothesized mechanisms include varying supplies of seed corn and other complementary harvest inputs. Peasants are modeled as trading off current consumption against grain stores and sow rates so that subsistence-level shocks may persist. For my sample I find that a failed harvest increased the probability of subsequent harvest failure by 20-30 percent. Grain yields are ana…
Religious prohibitions against usury
Open fields, risk, and land divisibility
The Persistence of Harvest Shocks in Medieval England
I present evidence that shocks to the Medieval English harvest persisted. Hypothesized mechanisms include varying supplies of seed corn and other complementary harvest inputs. Peasants are modeled as trading off current consumption against grain stores and sow rates so that subsistence-level shocks may persist. For my sample I find that a failed harvest increased the probability of subsequent harvest failure by 20-30 percent. Grain yields are ana…
Economics (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 works) · Agriculture (1 works) · Agronomy (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works)