2006 books reviewed.(AAEA Business)
Hubbard, Michael. Developing Agricultural Trade. New Roles for
Government in Poor Countries (Titus O. Awokuse), 267
Tweeten, Luther, and Stanley R. Thompson, eds. Agricultural Policy
for the 21st . . .
Report of the AJAE editors (2005-2006).(AAEA Business)
The editorial team of Christopher B. Barrett (Cornell University),
B. Wade Brorsen (Oklahoma State University), Ian Sheldon (Ohio State
University), and Stephen K. Swallow (University of Rhode . . .
Abstracts of second- and third-place undergraduate papers.(An
Analysis of the Decline in Hunting Participation in Alberta."
Harp
"An Analysis of the Decline in Hunting Participation in
Alberta." Harper, Dana, University of Alberta, second-place winner.
This paper presents an analysis of the demand for hunting licenses
in . . .
Who's running the farm?: changes and characteristics of
Arkansas women in agriculture.(Award-Winning Undergraduate
Paper)(Survey
Women in agriculture are tremendous contributors to American
society, especially within rural communities, because of the roles they
play on and off the farm. Their involvement on the farm is . . .
Abstracts of award-winning theses.(Smith-Ramirez, Ricardo.
"On the Evaluation of Conservation Cost-Sharing Programs. An
Applicat
Smith-Ramirez, Ricardo. "On the Evaluation of Conservation
Cost-Sharing Programs. An Application of a Monte Carlo EM
Algorithm." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland. Outstanding
Ph.D. . . .
The economic and social impact of Big Box retailers:
discussion.(The Economic and Social Impact of Big Box Retailers)
In the early 1950s, downtown "morn and pop" retail stores
faced competitive challenges from national corporate commercial retail
firms such as Sears, JC Penny, A&P Supermarkets, etc. These . . .
Wal-Mart and social capital.(The Economic and Social Impact of
Big Box Retailers)
Economists increasingly recognize that markets exist within social
and cultural contexts, and that these contexts affect how resources are
allocated to competing ends. The social economics . . .
Analyzing the impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters on local food store
sales.(The Economic and Social Impact of Big Box Retailers)
The entry of discount mass merchandisers into the grocery business
is part of a rapid consolidation occurring in the grocery industry in
recent years. Supermarket News estimates that the top five . . .
Supermarket human resource practices and competition from mass
merchandisers.(The Economic and Social Impact of Big Box
Retailer
In recent years, much public concern has been raised about whether
industrial restructuring has resulted in the creation of more "bad
jobs" in the United States. Critics argue that employers . . .
Orphaning and HIV/AIDS three analyses from Africa:
discussion.(Orphaning and HIV/AIDS: Three Analysis from Africa)(human
immunod
Human capital is at the very core of growth in well-being. Health
affects the evolution of the stock of knowledge which in turn affects
the evolution of the stock of physical capital and the stock . . .
Orphans and discrimination in Mozambique.(Orphaning and HIV/AIDS:
Three Analysis from Africa)(Survey)
This study is motivated by the high HIV prevalence in Mozambique,
which, among adults aged 15-45 years in 2005, is estimated to be about
16.2% and is projected to climb (INE et al. 2004). By 2003 . . .
Orphanhood and schooling outcomes in Malawi.(Orphaning and
HIV/AIDS: Three Analysis from Africa)(human immunodeficiency
virus)(a
As in many sub-Saharan countries, the issue of orphan care has
risen to the top of the social protection agenda in Malawi, where the
prevalence of orphaned children has dramatically increased . . .
Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children.(Orphaning and
HIV/AIDS: Three Analysis from Africa)
Childhood orphanhood is a major risk factor for poverty in
adulthood, through, among other channels, shortfalls in human capital
investments in children. In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence . . .
Political economy of regulation of broiler contracts.(Policy
Considerations and Regulation of Contracts)
In this paper we present a brief history of regulation of broiler
contracts whose main characteristic has been that virtually all
regulatory attempts on either federal or state levels have failed. . . .
Private mechanisms, informal incentives, and policy intervention
in agricultural contracts.(Policy Considerations and Regulation
Farm advocates and policy makers have become increasingly concerned
about the fairness of agricultural contracts, creating political
pressure to enact new laws to regulate agricultural contracts. . . .
Agricultural contracting, competition, and antitrust.(Policy
Considerations and Regulation of Contracts)
Two powerful and related trends in the organization of U.S. farming
are: production is shifting to larger family farms and agricultural
contracts are increasingly being used to guide the production . . .
Reading the fine print in agricultural contracts: conventional
contract clauses, risks and returns.(Policy Considerations and
Re
One distinguishing feature of ongoing structural change in
agriculture is increasing vertical coordination between agricultural
producers and processors, much of which has come through . . .
Agricultural globalization: is it good or bad for developing
economies?: discussion paper.(Agricultural Globalization: Is It Goo
Globalization is a buzzword that means different things to
different people. To Diaz-Bonilla and Robinson (2001), for example, it
signifies expanded and more intensive international economic, . . .
China's food exports face dumping laws.(Agricultural
Globalization: Is It Good or Bad for Developing Countries?)
China is becoming integrated into the global food market, but it
has found that most countries are politically sensitive to rising food
imports, especially from low cost suppliers. Importing . . .
The impact of agricultural subsidies on global
welfare.(Agricultural Globalization: Is It Good or Bad for Developing
Countries?)
Recent trends in trade liberalization and the increasing global
nature of the world economy have sparked much debate as to whether
globalization is a vehicle for growth and development or a bane . . .
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