Abstract
An attempt was made to estimate the supply response of rice in Nepal by using an Error Correction Model. The short-run elasticity was negative while it was positive in the long run. Higher long-run elasticities are attributable to the conviction that farmers respond when they are certain that price changes are permanent. Further, the response to the Indian price is likely to decrease with the trade liberalization. Higher response to the supply of improved seed than to the prices implies that the subsistence farmers are less responsive to the changes in market prices than to the improvement of non-price factors.

Shyam Kumar Basnet. (2010) Supply Response Behavior of Nepalese Rice Producers: An Error Correction Model, Journal of Business & Economics , Volume-02, Issue-2.
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