Libecap, Gary D.; Hansen, Zeynep Kocabiyik - International Centre for Economic Research (ICER) - 2001
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the North American agricultural frontier moved into semi-arid regions of the Great Plains where farming was vulnerable to drought. Farmers who migrated to the region had to adapt their crops, techniques, and farm sizes to better fit the environment. But...