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  • Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

    Creator:
    Cross, Robin M.
    Abstract:
    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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    Abstract approved: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Robin M

  • 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 on nursery labor, sales contracts, and price discovery

    Creator:
    Li, Cheng
    Abstract:
    Oregon's nursery and greenhouse industry has ranked the first in the State's agricultural for 18 years. The majority of nursery sales from the Pacific Northwest come from Oregon. Due to data limitations, empirical study of the Oregon nursery industry is rare. The present dissertation consists of three essays that analyze...
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    Dissertation
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry has ranked the first in the

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

    Creator:
    Lee, Heung-Dong
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • 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

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

    Creator:
    Qin, Lin
    Abstract:
    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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    : ______________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Calls continually are made to provide economic assessments of research

  • International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

    Creator:
    Rada, Nicholas E.
    Abstract:
    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

  • Technology structure and productivity change in the U.S. meat products industry

    Creator:
    Xia, Yin
    Abstract:
    The performance of the meat products industry, the largest food processing sector in the U.S. in terms of shipment value, is an important issue. A key indicator of its performance is productivity growth, which results in reduction in the cost of production at given input prices. The present study employs...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Structure and Productivity Change in the U.S. Meat Products Industry. Abstract approved: Steven T

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

    Creator:
    Fujii, Yoko, 1974-
    Abstract:
    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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    . Title: Technical Structure and Productivity Change in the U.S. Grain Milling Industries. Steven

  • 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