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The spread of Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) represents a real threat to the U.S. soybean sector. We assess the potential impacts of ASR on domestic soybean production and commodity markets as well as the competitive position of the US in the soybean export market. We develop a mathematical stochastic...

The spread of Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) represents a real threat to the U.S. soybean sector. We assess the potential impacts of ASR on domestic soybean production and commodity markets as well as the competitive position of the US in the soybean export market. We develop a mathematical stochastic...

El partido de Tandil tiene una larga historia y tradición en la producción láctea y la elaboración de quesos. La actividad quesera en la zona comienza a mediados del siglo XIX. Tradicionales, locales y naturales son los significantes asociados a los quesos tandileros, cuyo saber hacer se ha...

In this paper we assess, via Monte Carlo Simulations, the effects of some seasonal adjustment linear filters on cointegrating regressions. We find that the use of filters has adverse consequences in terms of the power of the Augmented Dickey and Fuller and Phillips and Perron tests of cointegration.