This study provides a new framework of analysis of the market and welfare effects of mandatorycountry of origin labeling (MCOOL) for fruits and vegetables that accounts for heterogeneousconsumer preferences for domestic products, differences in producer agronomic characteristics,and retailer...

The goal of this study is to investigate the price relationship of EU biofuel market with other main markets inboth horizontal level and vertical level. We first carry out Granger causality between ethanol price of EU,USA and Brazil. Secondly, we use vecto error cointegration Mechnism (VECM) to...

Replaced with revised version of paper 06/30/08.

The United States is a large net exporter of corn seeds. Seed trade, including corn, has been expanding but its determinants are not well understood. This paper econometrically investigates the determinants of world demand for U.S. corn seeds with a detailed analysis of trade costs impeding...

Export taxes can provide additional welfare to large exporters, an argument for interventions in manyprimary commodity exporting countries. We investigate the benefits of export taxation for Côted'Ivoire, the dominant exporter of cocoa. Where many applications treat the formula for...

This study uses cross-sectional data of 342 small-scale lowland rice farmers in Northern Region of Ghana to analyze the impact of the adoption decision of bund construction and seed dibbling on net returns, input demand and output supply. Matching was conducted based on Mahalanobis distance...

A myriad of policy issues and questions revolve around understanding the bioeconomy. To gain insight, we develop a stochastic and dynamic general equilibrium model and capture the uncertain nature of key variables such as crude oil prices and commodity yields. We also incorporate acreage...

Alternative manure application rates represent an integral part of current nutrient management efforts on animal feeding operations (AFOs). Previous studies have indicated that lower manure application rates tend to increase farm production costs. In this study, the Comprehensive Economic and...

The welfare effects of GM (genetic modification)-led productivity growth for cassava producers are partly affected by the characteristics of individual cassava producing households. Those household characteristics include the elasticity of production and home consumption of cassava. Some studies...

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/18/08.