farming is shown to depend on the prices of pesticide and grain. It is either optimal to use no pesticide or a moderate amount … of pesticide or to apply a chattering control. Pest eradication is never optimal. On the other hand, if the farmer takes … pesticide depending on prices as well as on the shape of the grain production function which is determined by micro parameters …

We develop a procedure to estimate production functions, elasticities of demand, and productivity when firms …

function, total factor productivity, price markups over marginal costs, output prices, output quantities, a demand system, and …

productivity change. The model implies that (i) the so-far untreated effect stems from firms' planned efficiency responses to the … competitive environment and that (ii) a suit-able proxy to productivity is investment interacted with a sector-level competition …-effects estimation and remedying commonly suspected biases. Whereas productivity change is measured consistently, scale economies are not …

This paper examines the interaction between productivity growth, firms’ monopolistic market power, and workers’ wage … study the correlation of the estimated parameters and markups with the firm-level productivity growth. Second, the paper …

Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique …

This study estimates the impact of excess precipitation (or the absence of rainfall) on productivity of agricultural … productivity. Overall, we find statistically significant declines in agricultural productivity that is associated with both floods …