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Effects of COVID-19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar
dc.contributor.authorTakeshima, Hiroyuki
dc.contributor.authorMasias, Ian
dc.contributor.authorWin, Myat Thida
dc.contributor.authorZone, Phoo Pye
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T18:58:25Z
dc.date.available2024-03-01 13:58:24en
dc.date.available2023-02-01T18:58:25Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.identifier.citationTakeshima, Hiroyuki; Masias, Ian; Win, Myat Thida; Zone, Phoo Pye (2023). "Effects of COVID-19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar." Review of Development Economics 27(1): 323-351.
dc.identifier.issn1363-6669
dc.identifier.issn1467-9361
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175769
dc.description.abstractAgrifood sector mechanization service providers (MSP) and mechanization equipment retailers (MER) have increasingly become the providers of mechanical technologies for smallholders in developing countries, including Myanmar. Evidence remains scarce on the effects of COVID-19 on these MSPs and MERs. This study provides insights into the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on MSPs and MERs in Myanmar, using unbalanced panel data from five rounds of phone surveys. Direct responses to COVID-19 involving movement restrictions, market disruptions, and growing financial challenges had significant negative effects on revenue prospects, service delivery, and sales of machines and equipment. Negative revenue prospects during a particular period can further hurt revenue prospects in subsequent periods. This is consistent with the hypotheses that MSPs who had incurred high sunk costs in machines can engage in more desperate and, thus, potentially suboptimal business practices to recover the sunk cost. Overall, policies to minimize movement restrictions and various financial struggles and mitigate any pessimism at the beginning of the production season are all important to make sure MSPs and MERs continue to function effectively under COVID-19.
dc.publisherResources for the Future
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherpanel data
dc.subject.otherCOVID-19
dc.subject.othermechanization equipment retailers
dc.subject.othermechanization service providers
dc.subject.otherMyanmar
dc.titleEffects of COVID-19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomics
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusiness and Economics
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175769/1/rode12940_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175769/2/rode12940.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/rode.12940
dc.identifier.sourceReview of Development Economics
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