A Spatial Analysis of Irrigation Technology
A Spatial Analysis of Irrigation Technology作者机构：Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Texas Tech University Lubbock USA
出 版 物：《Natural Resources》 (自然资源（英文）)
年 卷 期：2013年第4卷第4期
页 面：307-318页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Technology Adoption Water Irrigation Natural Resources
摘 要：The nature of spatial spillovers in the adoption of irrigation technology is examined in this paper. Adopting a new technology is a decision that is based on economic and individual-specific factors. One of these individual factors might be communication with other users. It makes sense to expect that contact between users and non-users would follow a spatial pattern, and if knowledge spillovers are important to the adoption decision then resource managers need to be aware of their existence. Using counties in the Texas High Plains as the study area, the adoption of center pivot technology is examined using both Ordinary Least Squares and spatial regression models to determine if knowledge spillovers exist. Ultimately, no evidence was found that adoption practices in a county affects its neighbors;however, geographic location does matter to who adopts and when.
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