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  • Input demand and output supply responses when the production function is heteroskedastic

    Creator:
    Lee, Heung-Dong
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Agricultural price and export policy : the 1980 coffee marketing reform in El Salvador

    Creator:
    Perez-Rivas, Guillermo
    Abstract:
    Searching for suitable measures to solve internal economic problems and promote economic development, many third world countries have switched from competitive to government-controlled trade of their agricultural staples. Such government intervention has failed in many LDCs and researchers have formulated models and made suggestions to alleviate the resulting distortions. Modelling...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : / Steven T. Buccola Searching for suitable measures to solve internal economic problems and promote

  • Cost function analysis of fruit and vegetable processing in an Oregon cooperative

    Creator:
    Sil, Jayashree
    Abstract:
    A cost function characterizes a firm's cost-minimizing behavior. It is defined as a function of the level of outputs produced and the prices of factors which enter the production process. Econometric estimation of a cost function allows one to test hypotheses regarding the structure of cost and the structure of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Steven T. Buccola A cost function characterizes a firm's cost-minimizing behavior. It is defined as a

  • Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

    Creator:
    Cross, Robin M.
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    Agricultural revenues, the product of stochastic prices and yields, lead to markets which are incomplete, thereby entreating and complicating economic inquiry. The following three essays explore the incomplete nature of agricultural markets and consider the implications of incompleteness for a range of policy questions and economic tools. The first essay,...
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    Dissertation
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    December 7. 2004. Title: Essays in Incomplete Agricultural Markets. Steven T. Buccola Agricultural

  • A policy preference analysis of the Tunisian wheat sector

    Creator:
    Boughanmi, Houcine
    Abstract:
    Governments in less developed countries have recognized in recent years the need to liberalize economic policies in order to increase efficiency in agricultural commodity markets. In an attempt to help decision makers assess alternative choices, most policy studies, however, have focused on the efficiency norm criterion without much consideration for...
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    Dissertation
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    Policy Preference Analysis of the Tunisian Wheat Sector Abstract approved: Steven T. Buccola

  • Supply of milk components on U.S. dairy farms : a cost function analysis

    Creator:
    Iizuka, Yoko
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: Supply of Milk Components on U.S. Dairy Farms: A Cost Function Analysis Steven T. Buccola

  • International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

    Creator:
    Rada, Nicholas E.
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    Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand, quasi-fixed and variable production factors, and agricultural productivity. Recent global food-price volatility puts a renewed spotlight on the trends and sources of any agricultural productivity growth. Because food prices’ most critical effects are on human hunger, it is especially...
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    Dissertation
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    :____________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand

  • Social welfare-optimal policy rules : application to the Zimbabwe corn industry

    Creator:
    Sukume, Chrispen
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    Government intervention in food grain markets is a common feature of most LDCs. Inasmuch as liberalizing markets is difficult for some of these governments, researchers have offered suggestions to reduce detrimental affects of intervention. The general advice for pricing policy has been for governments to set prices at c.i.f. or...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Welfare-Optimal Policy Rules: Application to the Zimbabwe Corn Industry Abstract approved: Steven T

  • R&D investment and productivity in the U.S. and Canadian food processing sectors

    Creator:
    Chan-Kang, Connie
    Abstract:
    Increased competition brought about by trade liberalization has raised the stakes for improving productivity in U.S. and Canadian food processing. A key element of productivity growth is technological change, which in turn results from R&D investment. The present study employs an econometric model to assess rates of technological change and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    am indebted to my major professor, Steven Buccola, for his guidance, encouragement, and patience

  • The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

    Creator:
    Yang, Hui
    Abstract:
    The objectives and characteristics of university biotechnology research, including its applicability to such industries as agriculture and food processing, arise from formal and informal linkages among university scientists, public and private-nonprofit funding sources, and industry. In the present study I develop, specify, and estimate a model of the supply and...
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    Dissertation
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    Supply and Demand of University Agricultural Biotechnology Research. Abstract approved: Steven T