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Global conditions under which nested logit models are consistent with utility maximization are provided by Daly and Zachary and by McFadden. Recently, Borsch-Supan and Herriges and Kling have provided conditions under which a nested logit model is locally consistent. However, previous work has...

In Iowa, both in urban areas and more rural territories, there is a general awareness of sales leakages. These leakages take the forms of out-of-region intermediate input purchases, overall household and institutional imports, and the normal regional competitive losses in small communities to...

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A framework is developed for examining price and welfare effects of the introduction of genetically modified(GM)products. In the short run, non-GM grain generally becomes another identity-preserved product. However, more profound market effects are observed under some reasonable...

The US pork industry routinely adds antibiotics to rations of weaned pigs both to prevent illness before symptoms emerge and to increase growth rates. The EU is in the process of restricting feed use of antibiotics, and the U.S. is currently reviewing the practice. The strategic issue facing US...

This report measures the potential net economic impacts that could accrue to the state of Iowa were it to achieve various levels of fruits and vegetable production and direct and grocery sales to consumers. Two of the scenarios anticipate expanded Iowa production of 37 fruits and vegetables so...

Huffman, W. E. "Changes in the Labour Intensity of Agriculture: A Comparison of California, Florida and the USA," in J.L. Findeis, A.M. Vandeman, J.M. Larson and J.L. Runyan, The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour: Constraints and Community Responses, New York, NY: CABI Publishing, 2002, pp. 25-40.

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