The impact of alternative cost allocation and revenue distribution rules in a multiproduct parking facility were modelled under conditions of stochastic prices and yields. Stochastic dominance with respect to a function was used to analyze the impacts on the riskiness of returns to growers. The...

Protocol analysis of meat buyer's product selections found that in more than 80% of the buyers' decisions, a high-involvement decision process was used. Most of the buyers use a compensatory process in which product attributes are allowed to compensate one for the other. Some buyers used a...

International Coffee Agreement (ICA) impact on prices, premiums, and discounts for coffee grades are determined. Data for 967 transactions from 1987 to 1991 are used to estimate a hedonic price model. ICA abandonment reduced prices received and reduced the premiums paid for wet-processed high...

In April 1986 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved low level irradiation of fresh fruits and vegetables for insect control and delayed ripening. The Department of Energy (DOE) is interested in establishing six food irradiation research facilities in the US. This article provides a...