Empirical evidence suggests that there is a long lag between the time a new technology is introduced and the time at which it is widely adopted. The conventional wisdom is that these observations are inconsistent with the predictions of the frictionless neoclassical model. In this paper we show...

This paper examines the impact and diffusion of the gasoline tractor in American agriculture. A key feature of the transition from horses to tractors was a long intermediate stage when both modes of power were used on the same farm. This is largely explained in the technical limitations of early...

The paper presents registration of farm tractors in Poland in 2015 on the basis of the number of registered vehicles in the Central Register of Vehicles and Drivers (CEPiK). Data provided by the Polish Chamber of Commerce for Agricultural Machines and Facilities (PIGMiUR) were the source...