The Relation Between Property Rights, Farm Size and Technical Efficiency for the Developing Countries' Agricultural Sector

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ID21594471
AuthorsArash Dourandish (0000-0001-7858-6644, Department of Agricultural Economics Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad Iran, corresponding author), Sayed Saghaian (0000-0002-8309-1213, Department of Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky Lexington KY USA), Naser Shahnoushi Froshani (0000-0001-6903-8910, Department of Agricultural Economics Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad Iran), Nazanin Mohammadrezazadeh (0000-0002-6787-4365, Department of Agricultural Economics Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad Iran), Sina Kuhestani (0000-0002-5154-373X, Department of Agricultural Economics Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad Iran)
Year2020
Volume32
Issue5
Pages749-762
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-1748 • E-ISSN: 1099-1328
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jid.3476
OpenAlexW3027781447
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited41

Previous studies have shown that the quality of property rights, farm size and market imperfections significantly affect agricultural efficiency. This article investigates the interaction between the quality of property rights and size when the countries are heterogeneous in degree of market imperfection, using a multilevel statistical approach for a sample of 84 developing countries. The results show a positive relation between technical efficiency and quality of property rights and a negative relation between farm size and quality of property rights. Furthermore, the results reject the regularly stated inverse relation between farm size and technical efficiency. In addition, the results show that market imperfections significantly affect the relations between technical efficiency and the explanatory variables. According to the results, increasing the farm size in countries with well‐defined property rights reduces agricultural efficiency. On the other hand, in the majority of developing countries with low quality of property rights, the relation between farm size and technical efficiency is statistically significant and positive. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Microeconomics · Property rights · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Land Rights and Reforms · Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis

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