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To Violate or Not Violate the Law: An Example from Egyptian Agriculture
Author(s) -
Abdou Dyaa K.,
Gardner B. Delworth,
Green Richard
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1241656
Subject(s) - allotment , logit , agriculture , probit , economics , agricultural economics , law , probit model , business , geography , political science , econometrics , market economy , archaeology
Egyptian agriculture is heavily regulated by laws and administrative regulations. This paper explores some of the economic implications of two laws that are widely violated: the land allotment to cotton and the imposed quota for rice. Logit and probit models are utilized to assess factors which are associated with law violations in two villages. Violators of both laws tend to be poorer, have less owned land, have fewer number of land pieces, have fewer cattle, and are located nearer the free village markets than the nonviolators.