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An empirical study of the distribution of crops in agricultural land in Belgium: 1900-1939

Eine empirische Studie zur Verteilung der Ernten im Agrarland Belgien: 1900-1939
[journal article]

Bettendorf, Leon
Blomme, Jan

Abstract

Die Verteilung einer Anzahl von Ernten in ausgewählten Regionen Belgiens wird als Resultat eines Entscheidungprozesses gesehen, der sich (unter anderen Faktoren) hauptsächlich am finanziellen Ertrag orientiert. Dieses Allokationsproblem wird analog der Portofolio-Selection-Theorie angegangen; die En... view more

Die Verteilung einer Anzahl von Ernten in ausgewählten Regionen Belgiens wird als Resultat eines Entscheidungprozesses gesehen, der sich (unter anderen Faktoren) hauptsächlich am finanziellen Ertrag orientiert. Dieses Allokationsproblem wird analog der Portofolio-Selection-Theorie angegangen; die Entscheidungen beim Anlageverhalten in Wertpapieren (Aktien oder Investmentzertifikate oder festverzinsliche Wertpapiere usw.) ist von der Erwartung der voraussichtlichen Erträge sowie der Wahrscheinlichkeit ihres Eintreffens abhängig. Auch der Landwirt hat zu entscheiden, wie er sein "Vermögen" beim Anbau (Weizen oder Zuckerrüben oder Kartoffeln oder Flachs usw.) verteilt. Die Daten für den untersuchten Zeitraum passen gut auf die Annahmen des Portofolio-Modells. (pmb)... view less


The observed distribution of a number of crops in a certain area can be thought of as the result of a decision process influenced, among other factors, by the expected financial yields. This allocation problem is very similar to the one encountered in portfolio theory, that is, the distribution of c... view more

The observed distribution of a number of crops in a certain area can be thought of as the result of a decision process influenced, among other factors, by the expected financial yields. This allocation problem is very similar to the one encountered in portfolio theory, that is, the distribution of certain wealth into different assets given a fixed interest rate structure (for example, Parkin, Gray and Barrett (1970), Bettedorf and Verjans (1988)). This led us to the idea of estimation of a modified portfolio model with data collected from Belgian agriculture. The results of this model allow interesting interpretations about the sensitivity of the different cultivated areas to change in the total available area and in financial yields. In the next section the specification of the allocation model will be theoretically derived. After the description of the data used, the results will be discussed in section 4. The last section is devoted to conclusion remarks.... view less

Keywords
agricultural production; Belgium; agricultural landscape; agricultural area; agricultural commodities market; farmer; portfolio-theory; historical development; twentieth century

Classification
Economic Sectors
Rural Sociology

Method
empirical; historical; basic research

Document language
English

Publication Year
1994

Page/Pages
p. 53-63

Journal
Historical Social Research, 19 (1994) 2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.19.1994.2.53-63

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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