Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Matoussi, Mohamed Salah (1988) Moral Hazard, Financial Constraints and Sharecropping in El Oulja. Social Science Working Paper, 667. California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA. (Unpublished) http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170907-140631840
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Abstract
This paper develops a theory of sharecropping which emphasizes the dual role of moral hazard in the provision of effort and financial constraints. The model is compatible with a large variety of contracts as observed in the region of El Ouija in Tunisia. Using an original set of data including financial data, various tests of the theory are realized. The role of financial constraints in the explanation of which type of contract is selected (as well as its implications that financial constraints affect effort and therefore output) are strongly supported by the data.
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| Additional Information: | Published as Laffont, Jean-Jacques, and Mohamed Salah Matoussi. "Moral hazard, financial constraints and sharecropping in El Oulja." The Review of Economic Studies 62, no. 3 (1995): 381-399. | ||||||
| Group: | Social Science Working Papers | ||||||
| Subject Keywords: | Tenants, Landlords, Working capital, Risk aversion, Moral hazard models, Economic models, Wealth, Credit, Economic rent, Farm economics | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20170907-140631840 | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 81243 | ||||||
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| Deposited On: | 08 Sep 2017 20:38 | ||||||
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