@article{Place:55438,
      recid = {55438},
      author = {Place, Frank and Swallow, Brent M.},
      title = {Assessing the Relationship Between Property Rights and  Technology Adoption in Smallholder Agriculture: A Review of  Issues and Empirical Methods},
      address = {2000-05},
      number = {577-2016-39193},
      series = {CAPRi Working Paper},
      pages = {52},
      year = {2000},
      abstract = {Studies of the relationships between property rights and  technology adoption are complicated in several respects.  First, there are challenges involved in defining and  measuring property rights and tenure security. Second,  there are several different valid purposes for undertaking  such studies and each purpose may require a different  approach. Third, there are a number of difficult  theoretical and empirical issues involved in such studies,  particularly in defining technology, identifying key  dimensions of property rights, and accounting for the  endogeneous determination of property rights. 

Through a  synthesis and evaluation of previous studies, this paper  identifies key issues and develops guidelines for  conducting research on the relationships between property  rights and technology adoption in smallholder agriculture.  It seeks to benefit researchers and policy makers wishing  to undertake or interpret empirical research. The topics  addressed in the paper are: definition of scope and terms;  key issues pertaining to the relationships between  technology adoption and property rights variables; data  collection and measurement issues; and analyses and  interpretation of findings. The primary target groups for  this paper are researchers and policy analysts.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/55438},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.55438},
}