• DOI:10.1086/261495
Corpus ID: 55141070

Testing between Competing Models of Sharecropping

@article{Shaban1987TestingBC,
  title={Testing between Competing Models of Sharecropping},
  author={R. A. Shaban},
  journal={Journal of Political Economy},
  year={1987},
  volume={95},
  pages={893 - 920}
}

• R. A. Shaban
• Published 1987
• Economics
• Journal of Political Economy

The "Marshallian" approach assumes a prohibitively hight cost of monitor ing the sharecropper's activities while the "monitoring" approach a rgues that landlords stipulate and effectively monitor sharecroppers' activities. The author presents new evidence using detailed data col lected from eight Indian villages. Most tenants own some land of thei r own; this provides a controlled environment in studying the impact of contractual arrangements. The differences in input and output inte nsities on… Expand

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