The Diffusion of Tractor Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4779369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dinah Duffy Martini (Seattle University), Eugene Silberberg (University of Washington) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 354-389 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050706000155 |
| OpenAlex | W2091678652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
A substantial literature exists claiming the adoption of tractors was inefficiently slow. We develop a linear programming model of farms that specifically incorporates the opportunity cost of the farmer's time and apply it to farms in Iowa during the interwar period. We develop technological coefficients derived at the task level, based on the data and agricultural reports from that period. By valuing the time saved by tractors, we demonstrate that the seemingly slow rate of tractor adoption was in fact wealth maximizing. Tractors were widely adopted only after the improvement in implements that came late in this period
Agricultural economics · Agricultural engineering · Agricultural machinery · Agriculture · Business · Economics · Geography · Management · Operations management · Operations research · Period (music) · Task (project management) · Tractor · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Automotive Engineering · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Engineering
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |