Paper for presentation at the Northeastern Agricultural & Resource Economics Association’s Workshop on Economics and Child Nutrition Programs, AAEA & NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 23, 2011.

The Seattle-Tacoma consumers have been paying higher prices for fresh milk than consumers in other Western states of United States. For instance, the retail price for whole milk averaged $3.27/gallon during the period of April 1999- April 2003 in Seattle-Tacoma, while it did not go beyond...

This paper provides an opportunity for the reader to get an insight into the current modelling work atthe Research Institute for Agricultural Economics, Hungary (AKI). After giving a short summary ofthe applied econometric models in the past decade, our latest development, the farm group...

This paper aims to provide a flexible methodological framework to estimate import demandmodels, which explicitly considers the stochastic properties of data and the endogenous/exogenousnature of some variables. The French imports of virgin olive oil have been used as a case study withSpain,...

This paper aims at making the world price endogenous within the AGMEMOD modelling approach. Thisapproach constructs country-level commodity market models where supply and demand sides are equalizedon the basis of the observed domestic prices. These prices are endogenous as they depend...

A simple but new theoretical approach is used to analyse ex-ante the impact of tariff reduction. Thismethodology is based on the assumption of a constant price relation between each direct substitutableproduct. No elasticities are needed, but accurate import and domestic prices of the most...

Models of agricultural economics typically operate at an annual basis or in a static equilibriumframework where inputs, outputs and their prices may change considerably. Production dynamics,however, imply that models relying on spatial and temporal aggregation do not capture the effects...

Over 380000 tons of vegetable waste is produced annually in the “Campo de Dalías” zone(Almería, Spain), deriving from the diverse existing crops grown under plastic cover. Landfillscontaining this vegetable waste are a potential breeding ground for diseases and pests, they can alsobe the...

In this study an import demand model (differential production model) is presented that is used in estimating the demand for source and product differentiated goods simultaneously. Unlike the traditional import demand models, this model can account for changes in relative group expenditures....

A random utility approach is used to estimate logit equations which indicate what factors affect the likelihood of consumption of non-GM and GM foods, and, whether or not consumers are willing to pay a premium for non-GM/GM foods. Ceteris paribus as the price difference between non-GM and GM...