The influence of communications infrastructure on agricultural growth

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dc.contributor.authorDeaton, Brady J.en
dc.contributor.committeechairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDriscoll, Paul J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:51:09Zen
dc.date.adate2009-12-05en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:51:09Zen
dc.date.issued1993-06-05en
dc.date.rdate2009-12-05en
dc.date.sdate2009-12-05en
dc.description.abstractIncreased access to communications infrastructure is theorized to influence both the productiveness of the agricultural sector and the direction of technical change. The purpose of this thesis is to empirically examine the effects of the level of communications infrastructure on agricultural production and the direction of technical change. A Cobb-Douglas production function was used to estimate an inter-country production function for fifty developing countries over a fifteen year period, 1970 to 1985. The production function estimates were then used to assess the influence of the communications variables, roads and radios, on the level of agricultural production and the direction of technical change. Increased levels of radios and roads increased the level of agricultural production in developing countries. Increased levels of radios did not significantly affect technical change. However, increased levels of roads led to an increase in the labor-saving bias associated with research expenditures.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 84 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12052009-020226en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12052009-020226/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46149en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.D395.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28898467en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.D395en
dc.subject.lcshAgricultural development projectsen
dc.subject.lcshCommunication in agricultureen
dc.titleThe influence of communications infrastructure on agricultural growthen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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