The Chicago wheat futures contract has received attention in recent years regarding non-convergence with SRW wheat cash … study is to determine whether or not the adoption of VSR mechanisms has had an impact on SRW wheat basis convergence in the … from these four contract months concludes the research. The explanatory variables used to study SRW wheat basis convergence …

convergence in the Kansas farm sector for a panel of 564 farms for the period 1993-2007. The study seeks to answer two questions …: First, what are the sources of labor productivity growth in the farm sector and second, is there evidence of convergence or … linear model, and smooth coefficient model) are later employed to test for convergence in labor productivity growth and the …