Just, Richard E., Darrell L. Hueth, and Andrew Schmitz. The
Welfare Economics of Public Policy: A Practical Approach to Project
Just, Richard E., Darrell L. Hueth, and Andrew Schmitz. The Welfare
Economics of Public Policy: A Practical Approach to Project and Policy
Evaluation. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Pub. Co., 2004, . . .
Driesen, David M. The Economic Dynamics of Environmental
Law.(Book review)
Driesen, David M. The Economic Dynamics of Environmental Law.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003, 268 pp.
We have here an effort to bring some fresh insights to the field of
environmental policy and . . .
Hayami, Yujiro. Development Economics, 2nd ed.(Book
review)
Hayami, Yujiro. Development Economics, 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford
University Press, 2001, 339 pp. Paperback, ISBN 0-19-924397-2.
This book is the second edition of Hayami's comprehensive
treatise . . .
Kirp, David I. Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The
Marketing of Higher Education.(Book review)
Kirp, David I. Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The
Marketing of Higher Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
2004, 328 pp., $17.95.
It is certainly true that with the . . .
Better technology, better plots, or better farmers? Identifying
changes in productivity and risk among Malagasy rice farms: a
co
In a recent article, Barrett, Moser, McHugh, and Barison (2004)
(BMMB) shed light on the decision to adopt a new system of rice
intensification (SRI) on Malagasy rice farms. It was concluded that . . .
Factors associated with students' academic motivation in
agricultural economics classes.(Report)
A study of undergraduates at Texas A&M University, Purdue
University, and the University of Florida reveals that students viewing
grades as a contributor to career success tend to be more . . .
A sample selection approach to censored demand systems.
The multivariate sample selection model is extended to a nonlinear
equation system with partial selection and applied to household meat
consumption in China. Elasticity estimates differ from those . . .
No news is good news: stochastic parameters versus media coverage
indices in demand models after food scares.
We develop a stochastic parameter approach to model the
time-varying impacts of food scares on consumption, as an alternative to
the inclusion of news coverage indices in the demand function. . . .
Rivalry in price and variety among supermarket retailers.
Recent theoretical models of retail competition suggest that
product heterogeneity is critical to retail price and variety
strategies. This article provides empirical evidence on . . .
Pricing weather insurance with a random strike price: the Ontario
ice-wine harvest.
Weather insurance within the agricultural sector has been limited
by the difficulty in defining the appropriate weather event and in
pricing the product. We develop a new pricing method for . . .
Livestock in China: commodity-specific total factor productivity
decomposition using new panel data.
Studies of total factor productivity (TFP) in livestock production
are rare, but when available provide useful information especially in
the context of developing countries such as China where . . .
The potential impact of tobacco biopharming: the case of human
serum albumin.
Biopharming stands to significantly expand the uses of many
agricultural crops. This article examines the potential size and
distribution of welfare gains from biopharming transgenic tobacco as . . .
Technology adoption under production uncertainty: theory and
application to irrigation technology.(farmers choose to adopt the n
We propose a theoretical framework to analyze the conditions under
which a farmer facing production uncertainty (due to a possible water
shortage) and incomplete information will adopt a more . . .
The source of productivity growth in Dutch agriculture: a
perspective from finance.
In corporate finance, the impact of capital structure on firm
performance has been widely studied. This article extends the capital
structure study to the situation in agriculture, explicitly . . .
Preferences, technology, and the environment: understanding the
environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis.(derivation of a simple
e
We derive a simple expression for the income-pollution path using
the standard static model of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). This
expression makes it straightforward to identify the . . .
Economics of environmental management in a spatially
heterogeneous river basin.(Allocative efficiency of water quality
managemen
This article examines the allocative efficiency of water quality
management activities to protect endangered salmonid species in a
heterogeneous watershed in the Pacific Northwest. Using an . . .
Mergers and acquisitions and productivity in the U.S. meat
products industries: evidence from the micro data.
This article investigates the motives for mergers and acquisitions
(M&As) in the U.S. meat products industry from 1977 to 1992. Results
show that acquired meat and poultry plants were very . . .
Oligopsony power, asset specificity, and hold-up: evidence from
the broiler industry.(Empirical evidence of hold-up in broiler i
In this article we look for empirical evidence of hold-up in
broiler industry production contracts by using the cross-sectional
national survey of broiler growers. First, we focus on the problem . . .
On the comovement of commodity prices.
We present strong evidence against the excess-comovement
hypothesis--that the prices of commodities move together beyond what can
be explained by fundamentals. Prior studies employ broad . . .
Tournaments, fairness, and risk.(Explanation for grower
dissatisfaction with tournament compensation schemes independent of
poss
We estimate willingness to pay (WTP) to operate under two types of
contracts--tournaments (Ts) and fixed performance-standard contracts
(F). Our results are consistent with the notion that subjects . . .
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