Altruism, moral hazard, and sharecropping

The paper provides a new explanation for the emergence of sharecropping in agriculture. Under the principal-agent moral hazard framework, the choice of the agrarian land lease contracts is discussed from the perspective of behavioural economics. The analyses show that the landlord and the tenant...

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Main Author: Jiancai PI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2016-12-01
Series:Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON)
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Online Access:https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/age-201612-0007_altruism-moral-hazard-and-sharecropping.php