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CARICOM’s COMPETITIVENESS WITHIN THE US IMPORT MARKET FOR SPECIALTY CROPS: A SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS
Lowe, Garfield G.; Davis, Carlton George - 2007
This paper is based on the premise that if CARICOM’s agricultural sector in general, and more specifically the export … competitiveness, through the exploration of the theoretical and empirical dimensions of the concept within the context of CARICOM … (CMS) analyses. Findings suggest that CARICOM, over the period 1991-2004, has generally not been competitive in the US …
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CARICOM’s COMPETITIVENESS WITHIN THE US IMPORT MARKET FOR SPECIALTY CROPS: A SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS
Lowe, Garfield G.; Davis, Carlton George - Caribbean Agro-Economic Society - CAES - 2007
This paper is based on the premise that if CARICOM’s agricultural sector in general, and more specifically the export … competitiveness, through the exploration of the theoretical and empirical dimensions of the concept within the context of CARICOM … (CMS) analyses. Findings suggest that CARICOM, over the period 1991-2004, has generally not been competitive in the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039352
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A Stochastic Budgeting Analysis of Three Alternative Scenarios to Convert from Beef-Cattle Farming to Game Ranching
Grove, Bennie; Taljaard, Pieter R.; Cloete, P.C. - 2007
The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the profitability and financial feasibility of three alternative scenarios to convert from beef-cattle farming to game ranching. The analyses acknowledge the importance of quantifying the probability of failure or success when making investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443190
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Underpinnings for Prospective, Net Revenue Forecasting in Hog Finishing: Characterizing the Joint Distribution of Corn, Soybean Meal and Lean Hogs Time Series
Shao, Renyuan; Roe, Brian E. - 2001
This research focuses on developing a biannual net revenue forecasting model for hog producers based on Monte Carlo simulation of the joint distribution of hog, corn and soybean meal price series. The relative forecasting power of historical volatility, implied volatility and GARCH-based...
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Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency
Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2010
This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...
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Measuring Producer Level Beef Cattle Alliance Financial Performance
McGrann, James M.; Richardson, Doug - 2003
There has been a movement toward developing production and marketing alliances in the beef cattle sector in the United States to improve communications and ultimately provide higher priced branded products consistent with consumer demand. Beef cattle producers do not employ a consistent...
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Live and Feeder Cattle Options Markets: Returns, Risk, and Volatility Forecasting
Brittain, Lee; Garcia, Philip; Irwin, Scott H. - 2009
The paper examines empirical returns from holding thirty- and ninety-day call and put positions,and the forecasting performance of implied volatility in the live and feeder cattle optionsmarkets. In both markets, implied volatility is an upwardly biased and inefficient predictor ofrealized...
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Do Composite Procedures Really Improve the Accuracy of Outlook Forecasts?
Colino, Evelyn V.; Irwin, Scott H.; Garcia, Philip - 2009
This paper investigates whether the accuracy of outlook hog price forecasts can be improvedusing composite forecasts in an out-of-sample context. Price forecasts from four wellrecognizedoutlook programs are combined with futures-based forecasts, ARIMA, andunrestricted Vector Autoregressive (VAR)...
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2009
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A magyar, német, lengyel és szlovák tejtermékek fázisárainak összehasonlítása
Aliczki, Katalin; Mandi Nagy, Daniel; Nyars, Levente; … - 2010
A 2006–2009 közötti időszakban a tej fogyasztói ára Magyarországon volt a legmagasabb. A fogyasztói árak közötti árkülönbségek mögött számos tényező húzódik meg: az áfatartalom, a kereskedelmi láncok árpolitikája, a feldolgozói ár és végül a termelőknek fizetett...
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