Huffman, W.E. and O. Alfranca. ﾓPrivate R&D Investments in Agriculture: The Role of Incentives, Public Policies, and Institutions,ﾔ Econ. Dev. & Cult. Change forthcoming.

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Dynamic adjustment of Japanese livestock markets is analyzed under two alternative import policies: the 1988 Japanese Beef Market Access Agreement (BMAA) and complete liberalization of Japanese beef import policies. Modeling problems associated with these policies include the change from a quota...

Laboratory auctions show that consumers may be willing to pay more for pathogen-free food products treated with technologies such as irradiation, but the degree to which they are willing to pay may depend on the messages ï¾– pro and con ï¾– they hear and read.

Suggests that apparent inconsistencies in published statistics for China's livestock sector raise questions about the validity of the underlying data. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of the magnitude of the discrepancies, and considers the implications of using published statistics...

Students in majors with higher average quantitative GRE scores are less likely to attend graduate school while students in majors with higher average verbal GRE scores are more likely to attend graduate school. This sorting effect means that students whose cognitive skills are associated with...

Every year Iowa farmers face the threat of damage to their crops from drought, hail, flood, insects, and other natural disasters. The U.S.D.A. Risk Management Agency (RMA) and private crop insurance venders have developed a set of insurance programs to help control crop production risks at a...

This is a summary of the American Communities Survey for Iowa in 2006. The data chosen were items that profiled characteristics of all Iowans, Blacks, and Hispanics as they may relate to their participation in the Iowa economy in comparison to the total population.

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