Moral hazard and Marshallian inefficiency: Evidence from Tunisia

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-445

  Arcand, Jean Louis ^a,b   Ai, Chunrong ^c   Ethier, François ^d  

^a Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

^b European Union   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Caisses Populaires Desjardins ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Marshallian inefficiency; Moral hazard; Profit functions; Sharecropping

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT FARMING; MORALITY; PRODUCTION COST; PROFITABILITY; RURAL ECONOMY; SHARECROPPING;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 33947201112     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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