Credit cooperatives in Israeli agriculture
Kislev, Yoav, Lerman, Zvi, Zusman, Pinhas
In the last two or three decades, moshavim and kibbutzim developed entensively, adopted new technologies, reacted quickly to changes in market conditions, and established a network of farm services...
Old Age Security and Inter-Generational Transfer of Family Farms.
Pesquin, Claudio, Kimhi, Ayal, Kislev, Yoav
This paper offers an economic analysis of the intra-family insurance aspect of farm transfer. Sharing of farm income by retired parents with their succeeding children may act like a pension fund. A...
Prices versus Quantities: The Political Perspective.
Finkelshtain, Israel, Kislev, Yoav
Regulation regimes subject to the influence of interest groups are compared. It is shown that the allocation of the regulated commodity varies with the implemented control and that the advantage of...
THE COTTON HARVESTER IN RETROSPECT: LABOR DISPLACEMENT OR REPLACEMENT?
Peterson, Willis, Kislev, Yoav
Labor and Human Capital, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
A MODEL OF YIELD VARIABILITY AND PRICE EFFECT
Hildreth, Clifford, Kislev, Yoav
Crop Production/Industries,
ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN AGRICULTURE: A REEXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE
Kislev, Yoav, Peterson, Willis
It is generally accepted that agricultural production is characterized by increasing returns to scale. In this paper we examine the evidence allegedly supporting this assertation and come to the...
RELATIVE PRICES, TECHNOLOGY, AND FARM SIZE
Kislev, Yoav, Peterson, Willis
The main purpose of this paper is to construct a theoretical framework which explains the growth in size of full-time family farms.
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
Lerman, Zvi, Kislev, Yoav, Kriss, Alon, Biton, David
The paper reviews agricultural development in the fifteen former Soviet republics over the period 1965-1998. Production functions are estimated and productivity differences and changes calculated....