Multi-Task Sharecropping Contracts
The Italian Mezzadria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9723764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annalisa Luporini (0000-0003-4779-9297), Bruno Parigi, Bruno Maria Parigi |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 251 |
| Pages | 445 |
| Publication date | 1996-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2555016 |
| OpenAlex | W1995584968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
We use recent developments in the multi-task principal-agent methodology to study a sharecropping contract that was pervasive in central Italy. We distinguish between subsistence crops and cash crops. We analyse the spillover effect from one crop to the other, and we show that this reduces the ability of this sharecropping economy to adjust to a changed environment. We trace the effects of the changes in agricultural prices in the second half of the nineteenth century. Finally, we propose some explanation for the puzzling phenomenon of the reintroduction of many feudal clauses in the sharecropping contract when the rest of the Italian economy was beginning to modernize. Copyright 1996 by The London School of Economics and Political Science
Agriculture · Cash · Cash crop · Economics · Economy · Feudalism · Financial economics · Geography · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Sharecropping · Spillover effect · Subsistence agriculture · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency · Economic theories and models · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Law
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2017 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |