The paper jointly evaluates the determinants of switching to modern rice and its productivity while allowing for production inefficiency at the level of individual producers. Model diagnostics reveal that serious selection bias exists, justifying the use of a sample selection framework in...

Higher weather volatility may be reflected in higher incidences of weather shocks. Weather shocks could potentially affect the supply of agricultural commodities and their prices. In this study, the effects of weather shocks on agricultural commodity prices in Central Asia are investigated at...

Economic analysis of agricultural supply response frequently requires that county crop production data be combined A random coefficient regression model is used to test for aggregation bias under alternative US Department of Agnculture grouping schemes The criterion for aggregation is similarity...