Estimation of durum wheat acreage response models indicate that declining US durum acreage relative to Canada is a result of the relative prices of durum and spring wheat, and US agricultural policies that (a) affect the relative income-support levels of wheat and barley, (b) tie income-support...

We propose that consumer herding is a plausible explanation of the popularity of low-carb diets in the United States. This proposition was empirically tested using per capita consumption of both broilers and eggs as proxies of the popularity of low-carb diets. Results confirm that people do not...