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End User Preferences for USDA Market Information
Pruitt, J. Ross; Tonsor, Glynn T.; Brooks, Kathleen R.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
. Results indicate preference for farm level reports by Extension agents and leading economic indicators by agribusiness or …
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How Much Financial Information is in the Historical Cost and Market Valued Balance Sheets?
Kropp, Jaclyn D.; Moss, Charles B. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Financial accounting has emphasized the historical cost approach because of its objectivity. Yet in the event of bankruptcy and liquidation, assets will be liquidated at their market values. In this paper, we compare the probability of insolvency computed using market values to the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880639
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Fresh Vegetable Growers' Risk Perception, Risk Preference and Choice of Marketing Contracts: A Choice Experiment
Vassalos, Michael; Hu, Wuyang; Woods, Timothy A.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Growers’ preferences for a number of marketing contract attributes as well as the effect of growers’ risk perception and risk preferences on the choice of marketing contracts were examined with the use of a choice experiment. The main data source for the study is a mail survey administrated...
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Risk Analysis for Agricultural Cooperatives
Kenkel, Philip L.; Parrish, Robert - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Grain/fertilizer volumes are major risks for grain/supply cooperatives followed by fertilizer and fuel margins. Operating losses force stock write downs (22% probability) and negative cashflow (15% probability). Decisions on cash and stock patronage, infrastructure investment, and equity...
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AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF COFFEE PRICE TRANSMISSION IN VIETNAM
Li, Xile; Saghaian, Sayed H. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915009
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The Virginia Wineries’ Websites: An Evaluation
Ferreira, Gustavo F.C.; Ferreira, Joao P.C. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
This paper presents evaluation criteria that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of Virginia wineries websites in the following four different dimensions: (1) general features of a website; (2) wine tourism; (3) marketing; and (4) educational. A total of 182 wineries are analyzed by...
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Determining the Nature of Dependency between Agribusiness and Non-Agribusiness Stocks
D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Detre, Joshua D. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
farmland via an index of agribusiness stocks provides significant diversification benefits. We estimated the dependence between … daily returns of the S&P 500 and an index of agribusiness stocks from 1970 through 2008 using copulas. We find significant … evidence that agribusiness stocks have strong lower tail dependence with large U.S. stocks and are actually less correlated in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915036
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The Potential for Greenhouse Tomato Production Expansion in Florida
Asci, Serhat; VanSickle, John J.; Cantliffe, Dan - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
The U.S. fresh winter tomato industry and Mexican tomato production have been engaged in a trade conflict since the early1970s. Given that tomato is the highest valued fresh vegetable item, the fresh tomato market in the U.S. is open for rent seeking actions of importers and domestic producers....
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EnVesting in an Agricultural Legacy: Design and Implementation of a Targeted Young and Beginning Farmer Loan Program in Arkansas
Goeringer, L. Paul; Goodwin Jr., Harold L.; Dixon, Bruce L. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
U.S. agriculture has seen a decrease in of producers under the age of 35 entering agriculture for the past thirty years. This paper will explore the design and possible implementation of an innovative loan program designed give qualifying new young and beginning producers concessionary interest...
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The Comparison of three Non-hypothetical Valuation Methods: Choice Experiments, Contingent Valuation, and Experimental Auction
Xie, Jing; Gao, Zhifeng - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
This article examines the preferences revealed by three non-hypothetical experiments. We found that WTP estimates from the choice experiment are the highest, followed by that of contingent valuation methods, and then experimental auctions. Our results also suggest that the discrepancies among...
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