DISCUSSANT'S COMMENTS FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, SELECTED PAPERS SESSION SP-2BB: "FOOD DEMAND, FOOD POLICY, AND FOOD MARKET ISSUES"

These papers investigate issues in food demand, food processing, and food markets. Policy issues are examined, both in the context of the food stamp program in the domestic market and the industrial policy options in the food sector in emerging Central European economies. The Effect of an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) System on Food Expenditure of Food Stamp Recipients: Evidence from the Maryland Statewide Implementation, J. William Levedahl. Incorporating Nutrients in Food Demand Analysis, Jonq-Ying Lee, Mark G. Brown, Rebecca H. Chung, Frank F. Chiang. Price Founded Tests for Market Integration: Fish Markets in France, Frank Asche, Daniel V. Gordon, Rognvaldur Hannesson. A Dynamic Model of the Food Processing Sector in the New Market Economies of Central Europe, Robert Lyons, Rachael GoodhueGordon Rausser, Leo Simon.