Keiji, SAITO; Hiroshi, OHASHI; Kiyohiko, NISHIMURA - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) - 2010
To what extent could productivity of Japanese rice farming be improved, if farmers were to cooperatively manage their rice production at the rural community level? Using the census data of 1990, 1995, and 2000, this paper estimates production function of individual farmers, and uses the...