The coconut industry of North Sulawesi is dominated by a small number of products which are primarily exported from the province. Accordingly, demand for these products is generally very elastic. Conversely, the supply of coconuts is highly inelastic, especially in the short to medium-term....

Evidence is provided on the extent to which wheat price policies operating over the period 1953-54 to 1983-84 achieved objectives related to the levels and stability of key industry variables. The general findings are that the levels of achievement have been modest and that trade-offs have been...

Annual time series data for the period 1950-51 through 1975-76 are used to estimate the price elasticity of aggregate Australian agricultural supply using two methods. The short-run elasticity is estimated to be highly inelastic but it has been increasing through time. The preferred estimate of...