Bardhan, Pranab, Samuel Bowles, and Michael Wallerstein, eds.
Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution.(Book review)
Bardhan, Pranab, Samuel Bowles, and Michael Wallerstein, eds.
Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 2006, 326 pp.
The collapse of the Soviet . . .
Stochastic rangeland use under capital constraints.
Many countries (e.g., the United States, Australia, and Kazakhstan)
have large areas of semi-arid rangelands that are utilized by grazing
cattle or sheep. Due to seasonal and annual fluctuations in . . .
On the adoption of genetically modified seeds in developing
countries and the optimal types of government intervention.(Author
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Most developing countries traditionally rely on public sector
research for agricultural innovation. Internationally, however, the
private sector is gaining in importance. New . . .
Grading, minimum quality standards, and the labeling of
genetically modified products.(Author abstract)(Report)
The one-billionth acre of genetically modified (GM) crop was
planted in 2005, only ten years after this technology was first
introduced. Whereas this milestone exemplifies the widespread and . . .
Improving the cost-effectiveness of ecosystem management: an
application to waterfowl production.(Author abstract)(Report)
Wildlife and their habitat play a critical role in the provision of
many ecosystem services, such as soil protection and pest control, in
addition to providing consumptive and passive benefits. In . . .
Imperfect price deflation in production systems.
The connection between economic theory and measurement is often
tenuous and filled with compromises. There has long been a concern that
substantially wrong conclusions can be reached if there is . . .
Estimation of area elasticities from a standard profit
function.
Before duality-based models became the standard method of
estimating agricultural supply response to prices, agricultural
economists commonly estimated and reported area elasticities and/or . . .
Who cares about environmental stigmas and does it matter? A
latent segmentation analysis of stated preferences for real
estate.
This article applies latent segmentation analysis to estimate the
benefits of contaminated site cleanup. The analysis identifies
preference clusters within a population. The existence of clusters, . . .
Behavioral incentives, equilibrium endemic disease, and health
management policy for farmed animals.(Author abstract)(Report)
Infectious animal diseases that are endemic, or common, in a region
generate a variety of significant adverse economic consequences for that
region. Most directly, mortality, morbidity, barrenness, . . .
An integrated epidemiological-economic analysis of foot and mouth
disease: applications to the Southern Cone of South America.
Animal disease outbreaks present significant costs to affected
countries, especially when the livestock sector is large and
substantially integrated into international export markets. For . . .
Modeling farm households' price responses in the presence of
transaction costs and heterogeneity in labor markets.
The agricultural development literature has long recognized that
rural markets are often underdeveloped or absent. These market
imperfections create transaction costs and, if transaction costs . . .
Structural estimation of rank-order tournament games with private
information.
In most sporting events, prizes are awarded not on basis of
absolute performance but based on relative performance, or tournaments.
Besides sporting events, tournaments are also frequently used in . . .
Deregulation as (welfare reducing) trade reform: the case of the
Australian Wheat Board.
State trading enterprises (STEs) in the agriculture sector have two
characteristics that distinguish them from commercial, profit-maximizing
firms. First, they are given by government certain . . .
Cash marketing styles and performance persistence.
One decision that has long troubled crop producers is when to sell
their commodities. Producers can choose to sell based on either a
mechanical or an active marketing style. With a mechanical . . .
Style and performance of agricultural market advisory
services.
Marketing decisions are an important part of farm business
management. Farmers are interested in enhancing farm income and reducing
income variability when marketing crops. There are many tools to . . .
Valuing agricultural insurance.
Agricultural insurance, in its various guises, has a spotty history
in the United States. For the most part, multiple-peril insurance
products are not commercially viable without government . . .
Private crop insurers and the reinsurance fund allocation
decision.
A unique aspect of the federal crop insurance program since passage
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980 has been the role of private
insurance companies in program delivery and risk sharing . . .
Pricing-to-market: price discrimination or product
differentiation?
Movements in exchange rates can have an important influence on an
imperfectly competitive exporter's pricing behavior. Exchange rates
create a wedge between the price set by the exporter and the . . .
Measuring the impact of meat packing and processing facilities in
nonmetropolitan counties: a difference-in-differences approach
Meat packing and processing facilities have a prominent, yet
controversial presence in rural counties of the South and the Midwest.
On the one hand, attracting agricultural processing facilities is . . .
Andrews Donald and James Stock, eds. Identification and Inference
for Econometric Models: Essays in Honor of Thomas Rothenberg.(
Andrews Donald and James Stock, eds. Identification and Inference
for Econometric Models: Essays in Honor of Thomas Rothenberg. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2005, 573 pp., $75.00.
This . . .
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