Economics

Modeling the determinants of semi-subsistent and commercial land uses in an agricultural frontier of southern Mexico: A switching regression approach

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The authors analyze the consequences of imperfect output markets for the land-use decisions of semi-subsistence farmers in an agricultural frontier of southern Mexico. The approach is motivated by previous applications of the agriculture household model establishing that the farm household's production and consumption decisions are analytically nonseparable when markets are not used. Econometric results generated by a switching regression model suggest the importance of distinguishing the discrete choice of market participation from that of area cultivated. © 2004 Sage Publications.

Publication Title

International Regional Science Review

Publication Date

7-2004

Volume

27

Issue

3

First Page

326

Last Page

347

ISSN

0160-0176

DOI

10.1177/0160017604266029

Keywords

agricultural household models, separable models, switching regression

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