Competitive Pressure and Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Policy Reform in Western Canada
| dc.creator | Ferguson, Shon M. | |
| dc.creator | Olfert, M. Rose | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:54:36Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T07:51:25Z | |
| dc.description | We estimate the impact of the removal of a railway transportation subsidy on the adoption of technology for Western Canadian farms, using a unique combination of Census and freight rate data. We exploit the large regional variation in these one-time freight rate increases in order to identify causal effects of increased competitive pressure. Using a difference-in differences methodology we find that higher freights rates – and hence lower farm gate prices – induced farmers to adopt new, more efficient production technology. We also find that farmers experiencing the greatest transportation cost increases also increased fertilizer usage and made significant land use changes. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.164658 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/164658/files/Wp966.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/164658 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/592937 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/164658 | |
| dc.title | Competitive Pressure and Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Policy Reform in Western Canada | |
| dc.type | Text |