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Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate a method for measuring the effect of spatial interactions on
the adoption of hybrid rice using a unique, nationally-representative data set from Bangladesh.
Based on results from a generalized spatial two-stage least squares estimation, we have shown
that neighbor effects are a significant determinant of hybrid rice adoption. Further, using two
specifications of spatial systems, we show that having a network including nearby hybrid rice
adopters is more influential than having a network of more distant hybrid rice adopters, and
that merely have a network with a large number of adopters may be relatively meaningless if
they are far away.