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  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    my professor, Dr. Steven Buccola. Without his unusual patience, encouragement, and thoughtful

  • 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

  • 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
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    Policy Preference Analysis of the Tunisian Wheat Sector Abstract approved: Steven T. Buccola

  • 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
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    Steven T. Buccola A cost function characterizes a firm's cost-minimizing behavior. It is defined as a

  • 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
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    am indebted to my major professor, Steven Buccola, for his guidance, encouragement, and patience

  • 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
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    : / Steven T. Buccola Searching for suitable measures to solve internal economic problems and promote