People are part of a complex natural system and have the ability to actively interfere with their environment. Collective decisions made by governments represent social rules that limit the extent of people's interference with the environment that support them. Environmental decisions made by...

This study seeks to identify interproduct relationships between domestic catfish and a representative selection of imported seafood. In doing so, this study uses multivariate cointegration and structural analyses. Multivariate cointegration analysis suggests that six imported seafood product...

We focus on regulations controlling the spread of noxious weeds, especially the trade effects of regulatory differences across U.S. states. We specify a gravity model for each state’s seed, nursery product, and commodity trade with each other state. Within the gravity model, we examine...

The policy preference function (PPF) approach continues to be the subject of considerable interest in agricultural economics. Recent work has added sophistication and strengthened the approach's theoretical underpinnings. In this paper, several implications of this recent work are considered....

n the paper we provide an explanation of the persistence of the commodity titles in US farm bills that is grounded in core theories of the policy process from the political science literature. The political science literature explains policy continuity and policy change from a number of...

In economic models of behavior consumers are assumed to value the goods and services they purchase based on stable preferences over externally identifiable attributes such as quality. These models predict that consumers will respond to changes in price in a way that is independent of the source...

Governance covers the quality of institutions and their effectiveness in translating policy into successful implementation. There are different types of governance such as global governance, corporate governance, regulatory governance, public sector governance, etc., however, we mainly focus on...

Sabe-se da presença histórica do arrendamento no Brasil, entretanto, seu desenvolvimento como forma de acesso à terra por parte de pequenos produtores sem ou com pouca terra para produzir, continua sendo o maior desafio para os formuladores de políticas públicas, particularmente, das...

O presente estudo analisou a importância do capital social para a qualidade de vida em três assentamentos beneficiados em Caucaia pelos programas de reforma agrária tanto em nível federal como estadual no Estado do Ceará. Dado que apesar dos programas visando implementar a reforma agrária,...

Neste artigo são apresentados subsídios para a elaboração e implementação de políticas públicas com recorte de gênero e raça na agricultura familiar. Em meio à diversidade da estrutura agrária brasileira, destaca-se a presença das comunidades quilombolas, refletindo sobre o lugar...