Republic of Macedonia has strong both comparative and competitive advantages in the agri-industrial complex; a situation rarely seen in other sectors of the national economy. Therefore, basic strategic objective of the sector’s stakeholders should be the export expansion of foodstufs. The...

The objective of this study is to assess the degree and the structure of price dependence between different cuts of the beef industry in the USA. This is pursued using the statistical tool of copulas. To this end, it utilizes retail monthly data of beef cuts, within and between the quality...

The purpose of this study is to examine the growth of maple syrup production in Maine. First, we analyze the change in the number of taps from 2008 to 2013, and then look at the expected growth in maple taps between 2013 and 2018. Second, we examine the factors that Maine maple syrup producers...

The purpose of this study is to examine the fiscal and economic impacts of the new and increased taxes on malt liquor (i.e., beer), wine and soft drinks imposed by Public Law 629. By fiscal impacts, we mean the increase in beverage taxes that would be paid by households and businesses. Our...

in Macedonian: Македонија придава огромно значење на агроиндустрискиот комплекс од причина што тој формира околу 15% од БДП (9% земјоделството и 6% агроиндустријата),...

Using existing state and federal data and Maine IMPLAN, a state-of-the-art economic modeling system, Todd Gabe, James C. McConnon Jr. and Richard Kersbergen crunch the numbers to present an overview of the economic contribution of Maine’s food industry. This includes food makers (farms,...

The article considers the patterns of competition in Yugoslav food industry. This industry means as one of the most competitively part of Yugoslav economy. The analysis is based on the official statistical data of ZOP and Statistical Bureau, by the using of standard methodological method for the...

This paper has investigated the impact of food production, school enrollment, inflation, population growth, per capita income and CO2 emissions on life expectancy for Sultanate of Oman. Time series data is used from 1970 to 2012. For examining the cointegration among the variables Autoregressive...

This study has investigated the impact of socio-economic status on life expectancy in the case of Lebanon over the period of 1971 to 2014. Availability of food, CO2 emissions, secondary school enrollment, per capita income and population growth are used for reviewing socio-economic status of...

The objective of this study is to estimate the degree of oligopsony power in the U.S. cattle industry with the use of the recently developed stochastic frontier estimator of market power. Unlike the seminal paper where estimation of the mark-up in an output market at firm level was the main...