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Does Experience Determine Performance? A Meta-Analysis on the Experience-Performance Relationship

Peake, Whitney O.; Marshall, Maria I. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

The impact of experience on entrepreneurial performance has been widely tested. Although experience is expected to … positively impact performance, results are varied. This research synthesizes the current literature by determining systematic … and form of experience tested pose a major impact on the probability of obtaining a positive estimate for the experience-performance …

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Loan Allocation within Group Lending: New Evidence From Self-Help Group Program in South India

Goto, Jun - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Poster prepared for presentation at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 2010 AAEA,CAES, & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 25-27, 2010.

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The Role of Credit and Deposits in the Dynamics of Technology Decisions and Poverty Traps

Guizar-Mateos, Isai; Miranda, Mario J.; Gonzalez-Vega, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

This paper investigates the farm-household decisions of adopting and abandoning higher-productivity technologies, under different scenarios of inclusion into the credit and deposit markets. The financial environment is further characterized by shallow financial markets, represented by a...

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Moral Hazard, Risks and Index Insurance in the Rural Credit Market: A Framed Field Experiment in China

Cheng, Lan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Abstract This paper studies the interaction between index insurance market and the rural credit market by investigating how the availability of index insurance affects borrowers' moral hazard behavior. Among different types of moral hazard problem in the credit market, we focuses on credit...

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The Impact of Decoupled Payments on the Cost of Operating Capital

Kropp, Jaclyn D.; Whitaker, James B. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

We estimate the impact of direct payments under the 2002 Farm Act on the credit terms of farm operators, specifically the interest rate on short-term operating loans. In the analysis, we control for farm financial characteristic, farm operator characteristics, and other factors. Using data from...

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Grain Subsidy, Liquidity Constraints and Food security—Impact of the Grain Subsidy Program on the Grain-Sown Areas in China

Yi, Fujin; Sun, Dingqiang - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

This study examined the effects of China’s grain subsidy program, the largest food self-sufficiency project in the developing countries, on grain-sown areas within a context of liquidity constraints. A large household level panel was used to evaluate how the subsidy affects the cultivation...

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Long-term Impacts of Global Food Crisis on Production Decisions: Evidence from Farm Investments in Indonesia

Nose, Manabu; Yamauchi, Futoshi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Did the rise in food prices have a long-term impact on agricultural production? Using household-level panel data from seven provinces of Indonesia, we examine whether the 2007-08 food price crisis triggered farm investments. Empirical results show that (i) the food price crisis created a...

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RISK AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE: HOW INCOME SHOCKS INFLUENCE FARM SIZE

Roberts, Michael J.; Key, Nigel D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2002

Farm-level Census data and county-level income shock data reveal that past unexpected income shocks affect the rate of change in average farm size. Average farm size increases more quickly in counties experiencing negative income shocks as compared to counties experiencing positive income...

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Is Farm Management Skill Persistent?

Li, Xin; Paulson, Nicholas - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

Farm management skills can affect farm managers' performance. In this article, farm management performance is analyzed …

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Impact of Board Structure and Process on Cooperative Performance

Franken, Jason R.V.; Cook, Michael L. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Limited inquiry into cooperative governance and performance suggests that best practices from corporate governance …, expectations of better performance by larger cooperatives with smaller boards are confirmed, while mixed evidence is obtained on … of governance choices requires consideration of trade-offs between financial performance and effectively serving other …

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