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Table 5.9
Logit regression estimates for eight crop inputs
(dependent variable=1iffarmer pays all input costs; = 0 if farmer pays input costs proportional to his output
share)
Independent variables
2
Input (sample size)
HIGH VALUE
LEASED ACRES
χ
(df )
SEED
1.458
( 4.766)
(full, n=1572)
32.92
1
(farmer, n=500)
1.590
0.981
( 2.915)
( 2.892)
20.07
2
FERTILIZER
1.520
( 8.345)
(full, n=1497)
64.22
1
(farmer, n=467)
1.204
0.338
( 3.451)
( 0.749)
10.96
2
HERBICIDE
1.833
8.989)
(full, n=1544)
(
100.50
1
(farmer n=487)
1.543
0.385
4.631)
(
(
1.178)
24.97
2
INSECTICIDE
1.960
(full, n=1558)
(
9.126)
111.04
1
(farmer, n=493)
1.795
0.533
1.637)
(
5.039)
(
33.13
2
CHEMICAL APPLICATION
0.585
( 2.770)
(full, n=1563)
8.45
1
(farmer, n=497)
0.785
0.158
( 1.860)
( .400)
4.14
2
ENERGY
3.025
( 4.256)
(full, n=1576)
54.85
1
(farmer, n=495)
2.481
0.681
( 2.442)
( 1.902)
22.92
2
DRYING
2.492
( 7.182)
(full, n=1577)
102.03
1
(farmer, n=496)
2.702
0.178
( 4.485)
( .568)
1.21
2
HARVEST
0.638
( 1.712)
(full, n=1598)
3.49
1
(farmer, n=505)
0.136
1.638
( 3.515)
( 0.245)
11.79
2
Note: t-statistics in parentheses.
significant at the 5 percent level in a one-tailed test.
 
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