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

    Creator:
    Sil, Jayashree
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    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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    . Econometric estimation of a cost function allows one to test hypotheses regarding the structure of cost and

  • Determining member contributions to marketing cooperative returns when raw products are commingled before sale

    Creator:
    Stokstad, Grete Synnøve
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    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 contributions to pool net return. In a competitive market, raw product prices would reflect these expected...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Determining Member Contributions to Marketing Cooperative Returns When Raw Products are Commingled Before

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

    Creator:
    Iizuka, Yoko
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    Masters Thesis
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    Recently, a new pricing system for dairy products has been introduced in many Federal Milk Marketing

  • 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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    ………........................................... 15 2.3 Indonesian Application…………………………………………………………. 16 2.3.1 Econometric Methods

  • Essays in applied economics

    Creator:
    Nag, Sharmistha
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    My dissertation concerns two separate issues. The first issue is examined in Essay One, and the second issue is examined in Essays Two and Three. The first essay develops an economic model of the determination of the rental rate of leased farmland in the United States. Particular attention is placed...
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    Dissertation
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    states. An econometric model shows that farmland cash rents have a strongly positive correlation with

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

    Creator:
    Chan-Kang, Connie
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    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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    turn results from R&D investment. The present study employs an econometric model to assess rates of

  • The economics of a research program : knowledge production, cost, and technical efficiency

    Creator:
    Qin, Lin
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    Calls continually are made to provide economic assessments of research program achievements and efficiency. Yet little effort has been given to develop an assessment framework that would focus on the research discovery itself, treating the research manager as a producer and the research technology as a knowledge production function. The...
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    Dissertation
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    ....................................................................................... 50 3.2.3 Knowledge Production Model

  • Technical structure and productivity change in the U.S. grain milling industries

    Creator:
    Fujii, Yoko, 1974-
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    The grain milling industry has undergone substantial change during the past several decades in technical as well as industry structure. This study seeks to determine how industry performance, as reflected in productivity growth, has varied since the 1950's. Productivity growth is represented primarily by its dual rate, the percentage reduction...
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    Masters Thesis
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Chapter 4: Econometric Model and Other Computations 22 4. 1. Econometric

  • A policy preference analysis of the Tunisian wheat sector

    Creator:
    Boughanmi, Houcine
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    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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    surplus or money metric measures. The model is applied to the Tunisian wheat sector. The econometric