The purpose of this paper is twofold: (a) To analyze the effect of some common agricultural programs on the planted area of a crop. This will be done with the framework of a simple model mostly by graphical methods. (b) To comment on an estimative procedure by which a support price, which is...

This staff paper describes research on grain reserve stocks as a means of achieving price stability. It is assumed that price stabilization is desirable and the question of desirability is not investigated in this study. The paper is divided into two parts: Part I: Concept and Measurement of...