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An Economic Analysis of “Local” Production: Is it Efficient or Inefficient

Jones, Eugene - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

It is well recognized that the production of many farm commodities, especially fruits and vegetables, has become geographically concentrated, with larger but fewer farmers involved in production. This concentration, according to critics, has resulted in the production of less flavorful...

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The Influence of Endogenous Nutrition Knowledge on Consumers’ Willingness-To-Pay for Grass-Fed Beef

Xue, Hong; Mainville, Denise Y.; You, Wen; Nayga Jr., … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

partially attributed to the difficulty introduce by endogeneity of nutrition knowledge in econometric modeling. Using grass … accommodating the endogeneity problem using instrumental variable approach. Our results suggest that consumers’ nutrition knowledge …

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Does Duality Theory Hold in Practice? A Monte Carlo Analysis for U.S. Agriculture

Rosas, Francisco; Lence, Sergio H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

The Neoclassical theory of production establishes a dual relationship between the profit value function of a competitive firm and its underlying production technology. This relationship, usually referred to as the duality theory, has been widely used in empirical work to estimate production...

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An Inverse Demand System for Blue Crab in the Chesapeake Bay: Endogeneity and Seasonality

Huang, Pei - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

patterns and controlling for endogeneity. The model used in this paper is able to address seasonality in demand in terms of … varying flexibilities over seasons and deals with endogeneity in accordance with biological stock assessment data. Empirical … results show significant season-varying market behaviors. The results also indicate the presence of endogeneity in the demand …

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Impact of Board Structure and Process on Cooperative Performance

Franken, Jason R.V.; Cook, Michael L. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

literature may not apply uniformly to cooperatives. The rarely addressed issue of endogeneity limits confidence in … recommendations for corporations and cooperatives alike. By accounting for the most commonly recognized sources of endogeneity …

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Children’s Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables: Do School Environment and Policies Affect Choice in School Meals?

Ishdorj, Ariun; Crepinsek, Mary Kay; Jensen, Helen H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

Considering most children spend a majority of their weekdays at school and, on average, obtain more than one-third of their daily caloric intake from meals consumed at school during the school year, school is a natural place to implement nutrition policies that would help develop healthy eating...

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Does economic endogeneity of site facilities in recreation demand models lead to statistical endogeneity?

Chen, Min; Lupi, Frank - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

Different kinds of endogeneity problems in Random Utility Models of recreation demand have been studied in previous … the more popular sites, then might this economic endogeneity cause problems for econometric models linking site demand to … facilities. In this paper, we use Monte Carlo simulations to test whether this economic endogeneity will lead to statistical …

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Excess Capital in Agricultural Production

Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Guan, Zhengfei; Oude Lansink, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007

In this article we propose a theoretical model for analyzing capital requirement in agricultural production and define excess capital thereupon. We develop a two-step method that allows endogenous regressors in the maximum likelihood estimation. The two-step procedure is also capably of...

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Econometric Analysis of the Effects of Subsidies on Farm Production in Case of Endogenous Input Quantities

Henningsen, Arne; Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Lien, Gudbrand D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/29/09.

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Structural Change of European Dairy Farms- A Cross-Regional Analysis

Zimmermann, Andrea; Heckelei, Thomas - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Previous analyses of dairy farm structural change focused on the variation over time in one or a small number of regions. Here we present an EU15-wide analysis of the change of the number of farms in different size classes. The purpose is (1) to identify the differences in regional development...

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