The effect of the United States (US) sugar program on sugar-using firm profitability from 2000 to 2017 is examined using firm financial data and the relative US-to-world sugar price ratio. Return on assets and market-to-book ratio proxy for firm financial performance. The regression results...

Sugar beet is of particular importance in the root market, being a biennial plant grown for sugar production, also used in natural medicine, cultivated for its fleshy root used as a vegetable in the human diet and as a fodder plant. This paper analyzes the data on the evolution of sugar beet...