Beyond the Threshold
An Analysis of the Characteristics and Behavior of Early Reaper Adopters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4926653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan L Olmstead (0000-0002-7613-4764, University of California, Davis), Paul W Rhode |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-57 |
| Publication date | 1995-03-01 |
| 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/s0022050700040560 |
| OpenAlex | W2114838160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article analyzes a large quantity of new data documenting the actual characteristics and behavior of early reaper adopters. It shows that a surprisingly large number of small-scale farmers were among the early purchasers and that institutional evolution-the emergence of local markets and cooperative exchanges for reaper services-encouraged rapid diffusion. These findings call into question the standard interpretation of northern farms as self-contained production units and, more specifically, challenge the usefulness of both the farm-specific-threshold model and the family-labor-constraint model
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| Citations per year | 0.52 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Highly cited | No |