Realizing the potential for economics research depends on the successful completion of several interdependent tasks: • A problem is identified, • Data related to the problem are collected, • Description transforms data into useful information, • Theory is brought to bear...

Competition is usually assumed as the general case in applications of classical and neoclassical economic theory Monopoly is treated as a special case Several leading economists during the thirties sought to develop a general theory of monopoly within which competition might be treated as a...

In this solicited article, Willard Cochrane, the U S Department of Agriculture's first Director of Agricultural Economics, assesses the mission, performance, and organization of-the Economic Research Service (ERS) 22 years after Its establishment m 1961 The current organization IS satisfactory,...

Cover; In This Issue written by Clark Edwards; Contents

Cover; In This Issue written by Gerald Schluter; Contents

The costs of obtaining a given level of accuracy in estimating yields of tree fruit might be lowered by the use of photographs or supplemental information on fruiting potential. A small-scale experiment of this sort is described for peaches and apples. A procedure for evaluating the relative...

Books Reviewed: "Farmers in the Market Economy"; "The Concept of Poverty"; "The Techniques of Urban Economic Analysis"; "Agriculture in Economic Development"; "Natural Resources and International Development"; "Introducing Social Change, A Manual for Americans Overseas"; "Oxford Regional...