查詢結果分析
來源資料
頁籤選單縮合
題 名 | Democracy and Agricultural Production=民主與農業生產 |
---|---|
作 者 | 劉孟奇; 劉孟俊; | 書刊名 | 農業與資源經濟 |
卷 期 | 5:1 2008.06[民97.06] |
頁 次 | 頁1-22 |
分類號 | 431 |
關鍵詞 | 民主; 農業生產; 經濟自由; Democracy; Agricultural production; Economic freedom; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
中文摘要 | 本研究藉由估計跨國農業生產函數,檢視民主對於農業生產的影響。我們在迴歸式當中控制教育、經濟自由、氣候與地理變數。實證結果顯示,如果控制教育與經濟自由的效果,民主對於農業生產的影響並不顯著。無論如何,雖然實證結果並不支持民主可以直接提升農業生產的假說,這並不排除民主可能藉由影響經濟自由進而間接提升農業生產的可能。針對這個可能性,我們設定結構方程模型並加以測試。結果支持民主會促進經濟自由,而後者則會提升農業生產。 |
英文摘要 | This study attempts to empirically examine the impact of democracy on agricultural production by estimating a cross-country agricultural production function. Our empirical results indicate that democracy has no significant effects on agricultural production if the effects of education and economic freedom are controlled. Nevertheless, while the empirical findings do not support the hypothesis that democracy can directly enhance agricultural production, they do not rule out the theoretical possibility that democracy may indirectly foster agricultural production by firstly influencing the level of economic freedom. In order to examine this possibility, we set up and test a structural equation model. The empirical results indicate that democracy can be helpful to economic freedom, and that the latter can in turn enhance agricultural production. |
本系統中英文摘要資訊取自各篇刊載內容。