英文摘要 |
It is generally agreed that the primary purpose of the agriculturalpolicy is to promote farm household income. A growing body of literaturehad addressed this issue, however, most of the studies were based onthe aggregated data. To fill the knowledge gap, this paper utilizesMoran's I index and LISA method to empirically test the spatialdependency of the farm household income in Taiwan using the townshipdata drawn from the 2005 Agriculture Census survey. A spatial lag and aspatial error econometric models are also estimated. Results indicate thatfarm household income is spatially correlated. Ignoring the spatial natureof the farm household income will lead to potential bias of the policyinference. |