problems have become apparent in the forecasting models used by USDA and elsewhere, highlighting the need for an updated review …

The economy of Dominica faces a unique set of challenges. As with many other Caribbean nations, Dominica has …). While neighboring countries have economically benefited from tourism, due to its lack of white sand beaches, Dominica is not …

Rising oil prices has led to increased interest to replace domestic demand for liquid fuels for transport (petrol and … palm and other crops. Other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have also expressed interest in biofuel production … America and the Caribbean for 28 countries in the region, based on 12 agricultural and forestry crops. We first identify the …

another. These parametric nonlinear models, however, involve complex estimation problems, and may diminish forecasting … the forecasting performance with its simplicity and flexibility while still accounting for nonlinearities in local prices …

This research evaluated forecasting accuracy of hedonic price models based on a number of different submarket … forecasting housing prices with submarkets defined using expert knowledge and by school district and combining information … in an urban setting and surrounding areas in that forecasting models based on expert knowledge of market structure or …

from consuming household public goods. Contradictory evidence that per capita demand for food declines with household size … high-value foods, and so they substitute towards cheaper and basic foods, whose per capita demand increases with household … size. However, since high-value foods form a larger proportion of the budget on all foods, per capita demand for all foods …

We estimate the demand for imported cotton in China and assess the competitiveness of cotton-exporting countries. Given … between the C4 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali) and United States in China. Demand estimates are used to project … how U.S. prices affect China’s imports by country. In comparing demand projections, results show that the relationship …