Economic Implications of Enforcing Agricultural Laws in Egypt

摘要

The study relates the concepts of the economics of crime and punishment to Egyptian agricultural laws. The major types of agricultural and food distribution laws and administrative rules in Egypt were classified and discussed. In order to identify and quantify the importance of factors affecting farmers' choice to obey or violate agricultural laws, econometric models were specified for two important decision situations where laws come into play--rice quota delivery and cotton land allotment. Violators and nonviolators of each law were randomly chosen from two villages in Sharkia.