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- Title
Capital Services in U.S. Agriculture: Concepts, Comparisons, and the Treatment of Interest Rates.
- Authors
Andersen, Matt A.; Alston, Julian M.; Pardey, Philip G.
- Abstract
This paper begins with a review of the methods and assumptions used to measure capital service flows. Two data series on capital inputs in U.S. agriculture are briefly described and compared. We show that measures of capital services are sensitive to the treatment of interest rates. Notably, the use of fixed versus variable market rates significantly affects measures of the quantity and productivity of agricultural capital in the United States. We conclude that when calculating capital usage in U.S. agriculture, the use of a fixed interest rate generates more plausible estimates than the use of an annual market rate.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AGRICULTURAL economics; FEDERAL funds market (U.S.); VARIABLE interest rates; AGRICULTURAL productivity; CAPITALISM
- Publication
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011, Vol 93, Issue 3, p714
- ISSN
0002-9092
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ajae/aar010