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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Subsidies and crowding out: A double-hurdle model of fertilizer demand in Malawi
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 93, No. 1, Year 2011
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Description
This article uses a double-hurdle model with panel data from Malawi to investigate how fertilizer subsidies affect farmer demand for commercial fertilizer. The article controls for potential endogeneity caused by the nonrandom targeting of fertilizer subsidy recipients. Results show that on average 1 additional kilogram of subsidized fertilizer crowds out 0.22 kg of commercial fertilizer, but crowding out ranges from 0.18 among the poorest farmers to 0.30 among relatively nonpoor farmers. This indicates that targeting fertilizer subsidies to the rural poor is likely to maximize the contribution of the subsidy program to total fertilizer use. © 2010 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob E.
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Jayne, Thomas S.
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Chirwa, Ephraim Wadonda
Malawi, Zomba
Chancellor College Malawi
Statistics
Citations: 448
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/ajae/aaq122
ISSN:
00029092
e-ISSN:
14678276
Study Locations
Malawi