Imperfection du marché du capital et investissement des exploitations agricoles

Abstract

Le but de notre article est de rechercher les déterminants des décisions d’investissement des exploitants agricoles français en présence d’imperfections du marché du capital. Les contraintes d’accès au marché du crédit qui semblent jouer un rôle croissant en France sont prises en compte en intégrant des coûts de transaction associés aux emprunts et en définissant un plafond d’endettement. L’introduction de ces imperfections conduit à la simultanéité entre les décisions financières et les décisions d’investissement de l’exploitation. Un des résultats du modèle est de montrer que, pour comprendre les variations du taux d’investissement, il est nécessaire de différencier les exploitations ayant contracté des emprunts sur deux années successives. Le modèle est estimé sur données de panel en utilisant la méthode des moments généralisés. Le modèle n’est pas rejeté par les données pour le sous-échantillon des exploitations où le chef d’exploitation a une formation générale, le sous-échantillon des grandes exploitations.This article looks for the determinants of the investment decisions for French farmers in presence of imperfections of the capital market. The access constraints to the credit market which seems to play a growing role in France are taken into account by integrating transaction costs associated with borrowings and by defining restrictions on credit. One result of the model is that it is necessary to differentiate farms according to their borrowing behaviour to understand the variations of the rate of investment. This model has been tested and estimated with french farm level panel data using Generalised Method of Moments. The results indicate that the model using the perfect capital market assumption is rejected. In contrast, the equations using the sample selection rule from the theoretical model are not rejected for big farms and for farms which are conducted by farm operators who have a high general education level

Farm digital tools: A systematic review of investments and environmental implications

“…Research in France and Italy has primarily focused on the investment behavior of farmers [47] and the factors influencing their investment decisions [48][49][50]. Compared to Europe, the United States has produced less research (n = 14 articles).…”

“…However, many of the researchers who have examined farm investments in general have overlooked specific investments in farm equipment, including DTs. Their main research goal was to explore how general farm investments were affected by market variability [49], off-farm income [64], access to credit [82], and public policies [40]. Some researchers have delved into the relationship between agricultural investments and agricultural performance in the context of technological development [16].…”