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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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : / 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Steven T. Buccola A cost function characterizes a firm's cost-minimizing behavior. It is defined as a

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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 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
Full Text:: . Title: Supply of Milk Components on U.S. Dairy Farms: A Cost Function Analysis Steven T. Buccola

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: am indebted to my major professor, Steven Buccola, for his guidance, encouragement, and patience

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
Full Text:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Technical Structure and Productivity Change in the U.S. Grain Milling Industries. Steven

The effects of farm and operator characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes on farm-level improvements in irrigation efficiency in the central Willamette Valley

Creator:: Stoff, Mary Cora
Abstract:: A study was conducted using data collected from a sample of mint and vegetable farmers in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The study identifies the influence of demographic differences, economic factors and irrigator attitudes on irrigation efficiency. Only two of the 19 characteristics theorized to influence irrigation efficiency proved to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: attributed to consumptive use for irrigated agriculture (El-Ashry and Gibbons, 1986, p.1) irrigated

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

Creator:: Landry, Clay J.
Abstract:: Many parts of the West are experiencing substantial growth pressures that have increased the demand for water. These new demands come at a time when most of the water in the West has been fully appropriated by traditional uses such as agriculture, mining, and industry. Some attempts are being made...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ., 1986, p. 10-11. One final consideration when valuing water for municipal use is that the price paid

Implicit value of water rights in rural residential properties : Deschutes County, Oregon

Creator:: Kiest, Loraine W.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Charles Vars, Dr. Richard Adams, and Dr. Steven H. Strauss for accepting positions on my thesis committee

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

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

A policy preference analysis of the Tunisian wheat sector

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

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

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

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

The effects of farm and operator characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes on farm-level improvements in irrigation efficiency in the central Willamette Valley

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

Implicit value of water rights in rural residential properties : Deschutes County, Oregon

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