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Wife's off-farm employment and its impact on perceived economic welfare of farm households

Whittaker, Wesley Lloyd - 1991

Specific objectives were (1) to explore the extent to which nonfarm labor force participation of the wife contributes to the economic welfare of the farm household, (2) to identify the relative importance of a subset of variables most likely to affect the economic welfare of the farm household,...

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A trade simulation analysis of the impacts of United States trade barriers on selected Taiwanese agricultural exports

Bernstein, Boaz - 1992

The main purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate how liberalization of agricultural markets, as emerged from the … liberalization in selected agricultural processed products of importance in U.S.-Taiwanese trade. … agricultural sector and fully abolish trade restrictions on agricultural imports. The second estimates the impact of trade …

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The effects of data aggregation on econometric estimates of climate change impact on corn and soybean production in the Midwest

Park, Wayne Ivan - 1992

Climatologists have attempted to predict changes in regional climate patterns caused by increasing levels of CO$\sb2$ and other trace gases in the atmosphere. Although the effects of climate are felt at the individual firm level, aggregate effects on crop production will determine if significant...

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Effects of economic transition policies on Yugoslavia's agricultural sector: A quantitative approach

Miljkovic, Dragan - 1996

The optimal level of state ownership of the agricultural land in Yugoslavia is determined under policy scenarios … private sector, wages, and overall performance (output) of the agricultural sector. Bilevel programming is used as the … privatization program in the short and intermediate run. Excessive privatization may further disturb the agricultural sector …

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Noise trader sentiment and the behavior of futures prices

Sanders, Dwight Robert - 1995

In this research, the noise trader sentiment model of De Long, Schleifer, Summers, and Waldmann is modified and applied to futures markets. The theoretical model predicts that overly optimistic (pessimistic) noise traders result in futures prices that are greater (less) than fundamental value....

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Farmer participation in government commodity programs: A multiyear risk management analysis

Monke, James Dale - 1995

Government programs for agricultural commodities affect planting decisions and farm income for many producers. Many …

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The Malaysian rice policy: Welfare analysis of current and alternative programs

Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi - 1990

In Malaysia, government intervene in the rice market using quota/tariff to effect the level and mix of consumption. The programs are known to be costly and generate economic allocative inefficiencies. The objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of government intervention...

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The welfare economics and the political economy of Japanese beef trade liberalization: An empirical application of new political economy theory

Jeong, Kyeong-Soo - 1995

Agricultural trade protection has been common in most industrialized nations for the last decades. While economic …

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The economics of parallel markets for foreign exchange and illegal trade: Focus on Tanzania

Mshomba, Richard Elias - 1992

This thesis is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 discusses incentives for smuggling and chapter 2 presents the Tanzanian institutional setting.

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Performance-based credit scoring model

Khoju, Madhab Raj - 1993

The repayment ability of the borrower and, therefore, the loan performance should be contingent on actual performance of the financed business because other sources of income may not be reliable as evidenced by recent economic recession in USA. Accordingly, credit scoring models should basically...

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