Fixed search costs associated with locating and purchasing pecans invalidate the Tobit model. Factors such as perceived quality, ease of purchase, and familiarity with marketing outlets influence the fixed costs of pecan purchases. These factors have differing impacts on the probability of...

Recent technological advancements have influenced farmers' growing demand for private information suppliers, a service traditionally monopolized by public outreach programs of land grant educational institutions. This waning appeal for university extension services creates pressure for these...

Using hurdle count-data models to account for zero observations in the data, this study examines how meat consumption patterns in Bulgaria vary across households with differing income levels and demographic profiles. Estimated Negbin II hurdle models clearly establish that household income,...