Previous Ricardian analyses of agriculture have either omitted irrigation or treated irrigation as though it is exogenous. In practice, it is a choice by farmers that is sensitive to climate. This paper develops a choice model of irrigation in the context of a Ricardian model of cropland. The authors examine how climate affects the decision to use irrigation and then how climate affects the net revenues of dryland and irrigated land. This Ricardian...
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2007/07/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS4278
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Endogenous irrigation : the impact of climate change on farmers in Africa
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irrigation