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An agency/transactions-costs approach and application to vertical coordination arrangements in food and agricultural markets

Lajili, Kaouthar - 1995

A micro-analytic approach based on an integration of elements from Agency and Transactions-cost theories, was followed to develop a theoretical framework for characterizing vertical coordination decisions at the firm level. Vertical coordination modes were defined as all possible arrangements...

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Structural adjustment and international commodity markets: The case of cocoa

Amuah, Alexander Kojo - 1991

This study identifies the changes that have occurred in the world cocoa market, explains these changes and deduces implications for development policy. Supply of cocoa to the world market has increased and the world price of cocoa is decreasing. Cocoa is an important export commodity for...

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Evaluating irrigation system performance: A case study in East Java, Indonesia

Kelley, Timothy Gerard - 1989

Specialists and donor groups alike claim that most public irrigation systems in Asia operate well below their potential; yet there is a very little quantitative information on the extent to which these systems are achieving performance objectives. This study develops a methodology to evaluate...

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The Spanish hog market: The effects of the EC enlargement

Albiac-Murillo, Jose - 1991

entire Spanish agricultural sector. Spain's recent entry into the European Community which was accompanied by falling … the agricultural sector included obtaining development assistance for poor or declining regions and the fostering of a …

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Price endogenous analysis of agricultural policies in East Java, Indonesia

Darmawan, Delima Hasri Azahari - 1991

economic development of Indonesia in the past twenty five years. Several forms of agricultural policies have been designed and … distribution among farm groups--which is an important agricultural policy issue. The results of the multilevel programming analysis … than their present share, and a significant improvement on the agricultural sector's overall performance. …

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THREE ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURAL FUTURES TRADERS

Aulerich, Nicole M. - 2011

This is a comprehensive study of the growth and impact of agricultural futures market traders. The growth of financial … questions twelve commodity markets are chosen to capture the majority of agricultural trading on organized futures markets and … encompass the agricultural commodity index trading activity. The data used are from the proprietary large trader database of the …

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Aggregate loan quality assessment in the Farm Credit System

Oltmans, Arnold Wayne - 1990

Changes in loan quality affect loan pricing, credit policy, and the capital structure of the Farm Credit System (FCS). Improving the assessment and anticipation of changes in loan quality is a continual challenge. This research shows that loan quality assessment through aggregate credit scoring...

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Welfare analysis of Guatemala in the Central American Common Market: An application of the new international trade theory

Scholz, Sibylle - 1991

Traditional theory of customs union predicts an ultimate failure of integration efforts in semi-industrialized regions (SIC). A review of economic literature published during the last ten years suggests that there are new paradigms in international trade which can be applied specifically to the...

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An analysis of the profiles, motivations, and modes of habitual commodity speculators

Canoles, William Bruce - 1994

The focus of this study was to learn more about a critical commodity market participant, the long term speculator. The speculator's activity broadens a market, creates essential liquidity, and performs an irreplaceable pricing function. Working knowledge of the profiles, motivations, and modes...

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A hierarchical decision-making approach to resource management and valuation: The case of conjunctive water use

Muralidaran, Vijay - 1996

This study demonstrates that Pigouvian taxes derived from the socially optimum shadow prices of shared resources may result in serious deviations between users' response and the socially optimal resource use when the users' profit motive is not shared by the social planner and the resultant...

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