Linear programming is now widely accepted and used by researchers and industrial management people, but its adoption by farm managers has been slow. This study concentrates on the development of improved data transmittal ...
A structural model of the Pacific halibut fishery is developed. Hypothesis tests
are developed within the framework of the "new empirical industry organization" for
the exertion of market power by Pacific halibut proce ...
Since the "200 miles" fishery conservation zones
were established by some coastal countries, new arrangements
between countries to participate jointly in
fishing, processing, and marketing of fish products
have emerg ...
The primary purpose of the study was to identify the demand
for processed salmon from the West Coast. The basic approach in
the demand analysis was to identify those variables that determine
the supply and demand for ...
Rice has been an important integral part of the economy of
Thailand or centuries. Not only is rice the staple diet of the people
but it also provides the major part of export earnings as well. Since
economic developme ...
The main objective of this research was to compare the demand and
the price of hard red winter (HRW) wheat and white wheat (WW) to
determine the similarities and the differences between these two wheat
classes.
Using ...
The overall objective of the research reported here is to
empirically measure the ability of farmers to mitigate the impact of
rising electricity prices by substituting relatively inexpensive
alternative inputs. A dua ...
This research examines how marketing strategies of produce managers affect
consumer expenditures for fresh apples and pears. The objective of this study is to
determine how display size, point-of-purchase material, pro ...
Financial stress in agriculture has been a concern over the past
century. Agrarian values and "love of the land" seem to yield public
conclusions for the support of the industry. Much of this support is
in the interes ...
Our understanding of the effects of land use regulations and other aspects of urban form has been hindered by limited aggregate data and gradual temporal changes in policies. More widely available GIS data on land use an ...
Marketing cooperatives that operate on a pool basis allocate net returns on the basis of the "economic value" of the raw products each member has delivered. Economic values ideally reflect the raw products' expected cont ...
The travel cost method of deriving demand and value of recreation
does not include fixed costs of recreational durable goods purchases
or allow for supply restrictions on the number of suitable
sites available. The om ...
Public policy structured to treat "market failures" related to
land use (through restructuring property rights) must be evaluated in
terms of its potential impacts not only upon social efficiency, but also
upon the di ...