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| Title: | MEASURING THE SUPPLY RESPONSE FUNCTION OF TOBACCO IN ZIMBABWE |
| Authors: | Leaver, Rosemary |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | 41st Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, CSIR conference centre, Pretoria, 2 October 2003. |
| Abstract: | This paper presents an estimate of the price elasticity of supply for tobacco output in Zimbabwe using an adapted Nerlovian model. The results indicate a short-run elasticity of +0.34 and a long-run elasticity of +0.81, suggesting that tobacco farmers are highly unresponsive to price changes. These estimates are similar to those obtained for tobacco in supply response studies conducted in other developing African countries. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/19079 |
| Institution/Association: | Agricultural Economic Association of South Africa (AEASA)>2003 Annual Conference, October 2-3, 2003, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Total Pages: | 13 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | 2003 Annual Conference, October 2-3, 2003, Pretoria, South Africa
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