Clemson University TigerPrints All Dissertations Dissertations 12-2007 The irF m Size, Farm Size, and Transaction Costs: The aC se of Hazelnut Farms in Turkey Ibrahim Demir Clemson University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations Part of the Economics Commons Recommended Citation Demir, Ibrahim, "The irF m Size, Farm Size, and Transaction Costs: The asC e of Hazelnut Farms in Turkey" (2007). All Dissertations. 135. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/135 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations at TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE FIRM SIZE, FARM SIZE, AND TRANSACTION COSTS: THE CASE OF HAZELNUT FARMS IN TURKEY A Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Applied Economics by Ibrahim Demir December 2007 Accepted by: Dr. Michael T. Maloney, Committee Chair Dr. Robert D. Tollison Dr. John T. Warner Dr. Cotton M. Lindsey ABSTRACT This study analyzes the determinants of the size of the hazelnut farms in Turkey within the framework of the theory of firm and transaction costs. This study argues that, for a farm production function, land is a complex input with many transaction cost- increasing interactions with nature. Natural effects, such as land slope and variation in the weather conditions, can increase transaction costs. Transaction costs are the costs of using the inputs necessary for production. This study utilizes two separate data sets in order to test if the predicted relationship between transaction costs and farm size holds.