Browsing Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics by Issue Date
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Impact of cash settlement on feeder cattle basis
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1991-07)The feeder cattle futures contract specifications were changed in 1986 from physical delivery to cash settlement. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange expected this change to reduce basis variability and improve the ability of ... -
When flexible forms are asked to flex too much
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1994-07)Taylor series-based flexible forms cannot be interpreted as Taylor series approximations unless all data used in estimation lie in a region of convergence. When flexible forms lose their Taylor series interpretation, ... -
System misspecification testing and structural-change in the demand for meats
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1995-07)A misspecification testing strategy designed to ensure that the statistical assumptions underlying a system of equations are appropriate is outlined. The system tests take into account information in, and interactions ... -
Determinants of food stamp program exits
(University of Chicago Press, 2001-12)This article examines factors that influence Food Stamp Program exits and finds that families who leave the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program are also more likely to leave the Food Stamp Program. However, ... -
Changes in the well-being of nonmetropolitan single-mother families: a semi-parametric analysis
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2002-12)In nonmetropolitan areas of the United States, single-mother families contain a majority of children living below the poverty line. Changes between 1992 and 2000 in the economic well-being of nonmetropolitan single-mother ... -
Changes in consumption and saving behavior before and after economic shocks: Evidence from Zimbabwe
(University of Chicago Press, 2003-10)This study examines the effects of drought and macroeconomic changes on household consumption and savings behavior in Zimbabwe, using two nationally representative cross_sectional data sets that straddle a period of economic ... -
The FAST method: estimating unconditional demand elasticities for processed foods in the presence of fixed effects
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2004-08)This study estimates a set of unconditional own-price and expenditure elasticities across time for 49 processed food categories using scanner data and the FAST multistage demand system with fixed effects across time. ... -
Effects of tariffs and sanitary barriers on high- and low-value poultry trade
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2005-04)A competitive partial-equilibrium spatial model with heterogeneous goods is constructed to evaluate effects of the removal of tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, and sanitary regulations on world poultry trade. The model distinguishes ... -
Market Strategies for a Tobacco Bio-Pharming Application: The Case of Gaucher’s Disease Treatment
(Virginia Tech, 2005-07)Small firms developing biotechnology applications often focus on establishing intellectual property rights, which can then be sold to more established firms with existing market chains. This paper explores the expected ... -
Contribuciones de ciencias económicas a la investigación agropecuaria
(2007)A presentation to general agricultural scientists about the use and abuse of economic analysis. -
SANREM Baseline Survey Questionnaire for Tiraque Bolivia
(PROINPA and SANREM CRSP, 2007)This questionnaire was used for the SANREM baseline survey in Tiraque Bolivia during 2007. This survey was enumerated to 400 households in the SANREM focal watershed in order to collect information about the land, cultivation ... -
Determinants of variety choice among potato growers in the Bolivian highlands
(2008)The objectives of the study discussed in this presentation are: -
Adaptive watershed management in Tiraque, Bolivia
(2008)Poster outlining the project's objectives at the Bolivia site. The overall objectives are: to enhance and support the local capacity to raise policies and interventions to increase incomes, improve social conditions and ... -
Livelihood strategies of farmers in Bolivar, Ecuador: Assets, livelihood choice and well-being in rural households
(2008)The objective of this study is to identify successful livelihood strategies and analyze factors affecting adoption of such strategies: -
Dairy market chains in indigenous communities of the Chimbo River Watershed
(2008)The standard farm system in rural Upper Guanujo in the region of the Bolívar Province of Ecuador includes dairy cattle as one of the primary sources of income for residents in this area. Though per capita consumption of ... -
Manejo integrado de los recursos naturales para agricultura de pequena escala en la subcuenca del rio Chimbo-Ecuador: Aprendizajes y ensenanzas
(Blacksburg, VA: SANREM CRSP, Office of International Research, Education, and Development, Virginia Tech, 2008)Este reporte discubri condiciones agro-ecologias y sociales en la subcuenca de la rio Chimbo. Incluyendo un decripcion de la subcuenca, medios de la vida, acceso al activo tierra y agua, problemas ambientales, relaciones ... -
Manejo integrado de los recursos naturales para agricultural de pequena escala en la subcuenca del Rio Chimbo-Ecuador: Aprendizajes y ensenanzas
(Quito, Ecuador: Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), 2008)Book describes SANREM experience in Chimbo, Ecuador. -
Watershed-based natural resource management in small-scale agriculture: Sloped areas of the Andean Region
(2008)This presentation reports on the work of the SANREM CRSP long term research activity 3 (LTRA-3), "Watershed-based natural resource management (NRM) for small-scale agriculture." -
Linking Knowledge and Action in SANREM
(2008)This presentation discusses cross cutting research, consisting of case studies of how new knowledge leads to action for change. It includes case studies of four Long Term Research Award projects: spanning devolution of ...
