We evaluate agricultural bank management performance, focusing on the impacts of interstate banking laws on productivity change. The generalized Malmquist productivity index decomposes productivity change into technological change, technical efficiency change, and change in scale economies....

Information and internet-based technologies have fostered new supply chain initiatives in food retailing but little research has evaluated efficiency impacts. A distance function based on three key performance measures for food retailers is used to evaluate efficiency. Store level measures are...

The rise of super-centers and the entry of Wal-Mart into food retailing have dramatically altered the competitive environment in the industry. This paper explores the impact of such changes on the labor market practices of traditional food retailers. We use longitudinal data on workers and firms...

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...

Coastal coral reefs, especially in the Florida Keys are declining at a disturbing rate, leading marine ecologists and reef scientists to emphasize the importance of establishing nonmarket values of coral reefs to assess the cost effectiveness of coral reef management and remediation programs....

The study encompasses an analysis of the variation in speeds of profitability adjustment and accounting bias by developed country and firm size for two important agribusiness industries. Evidence of speeds of profitability adjustment and accounting bias varying by firm size was found in the...

Coastal coral reefs, especially in the Florida Keys are declining at a disturbing rate, leading marine ecologists and reef scientists to emphasize the importance of establishing nonmarket values of coral reefs to assess the cost effectiveness of coral reef management and remediation programs....