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New page: Return to BPP Field Exam Papers 2012 ==Empirical Questions: == === What is the author's topic and hypothesis? === This paper examines the impact on agricultural development from a dec...
Return to [[BPP Field Exam Papers 2012]]
==Empirical Questions: ==
=== What is the author's topic and hypothesis? ===
This paper examines the impact on agricultural development from a decrease in the cost of protecting farmland. Barbed wire appears to have had a substantial impact on agriculture development in the US and in particular, this may reflect an important role for protecting land and securing farmers' full bundle of property rights.
=== How does the author test the hypothesis? ===
=== What do the authors tests achieve?===
===How could the tests be improved on? Strengths? Weaknesses?===
===What are some alternative empirical strategies===
=== How does the author rule out alternative hypotheses? ===
==Empirical Questions: ==
=== What is the author's topic and hypothesis? ===
This paper examines the impact on agricultural development from a decrease in the cost of protecting farmland. Barbed wire appears to have had a substantial impact on agriculture development in the US and in particular, this may reflect an important role for protecting land and securing farmers' full bundle of property rights.
=== How does the author test the hypothesis? ===
=== What do the authors tests achieve?===
===How could the tests be improved on? Strengths? Weaknesses?===
===What are some alternative empirical strategies===
=== How does the author rule out alternative hypotheses? ===
