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Too Connected to Fail: The Effect of Alliance Network Structure on Farm Survival
Kirwan, Barrett E.; Martens, Andrea - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Exogenous, unobserved factors often confound the effects of alliance networks. More capable farmers might be less likely to exit and more likely to have a large number of alliances. In this case the negative correlation between alliance network size and exit likelihood is due to the unobserved...
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Addressing the Needs of the Agribusiness “Fringe”
Larson, Ronald B. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Students studying “fringe” agribusiness sectors (e.g,, supermarkets, textile manufacturers, paper mills, wholesale …” areas are not uniform, “generic” agribusiness courses may not address all their specific business skill needs. One starting … point could be to rotate part of the agribusiness capstone course so three major topics are covered in depth different …
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Do Analysts’ Earnings Per Share Forecasts Contain Valuable Information Beyond One Quarter? The Case of Publicly Traded Agribusiness Firms
Lewis, Daniel; Manfredo, Mark R.; Sanders, Dwight R.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
Analysts’ forecasting of earnings per share for multiple quarter time horizons of eleven agribusiness companies is …
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Industry, firm, year, and country effects on profitability: Evidence from a large sample of EU food processing firms
Schiefer, Jan; Hartmann, Monika - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper analyzes the variance in accounting profitability within the European food industry. Based on a large panel data set, the variance in return on assets (ROA) is decomposed into year, country, industry, and firm effects. Further on, we include all possible interactions between year,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012684
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RATIONALIZING TIME SERIES DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COW-CALF AND FEEDER RETURNS
Zhao, Huan; Hennessy, David A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper tries to justify the observation of different return patterns in the upstream and downstream sectors of US beef production. It builds a dynamic rational expectation model separating the cow-calf and feeding sector with the former sector being the residual claimer. The model shows that...
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National Brand and Private Label Pricing and Promotional Strategy
Volpe III, Richard J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
In this paper I use a unique and rich data set on prices and promotions from major US supermarkets to examine the nature of National Brand and Private Label interaction. Private labels are priced and promoted competitively with NBs, in a manner suggesting that retails are careful not to lose...
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Structural Change in the Meat and Poultry Industry and the Pathogen Reduction Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Rule
Ollinger, Michael - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
This paper uses plant-level micro-data covering the 1987-2002 and a translog cost function to estimate long-run costs in the meat and poultry industry in order to evaluate the impact of the Pathogen Reduction Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Rule on cattle, hog and chicken slaughter and...
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Optimal Coverage Level Choice with Individual and Area Plans of Insurance
Bulut, Harun; Collins, Keith J.; Zacharias, Thomas P. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
We theoretically examine a farmer’s coverage demand with area and individual insurance plans as either separate or integrated options. The individual and area losses are assumed to be imperfectly and positively correlated. With actuarially fair rates, the farmer will fully insure with the...
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Can generous expensing and deprecation provisions in the tax code explain structural change of the U.S. Farm? An analysis of the use of capital cost recovery over time
Williamson, James - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
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RISK AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE: HOW INCOME SHOCKS INFLUENCE FARM SIZE
Roberts, Michael J.; Key, Nigel D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2002
Farm-level Census data and county-level income shock data reveal that past unexpected income shocks affect the rate of change in average farm size. Average farm size increases more quickly in counties experiencing negative income shocks as compared to counties experiencing positive income...
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