Forecasting the Size Distribution of Farms
Author : Robert N. Stavins
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Page : 572 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Dairying
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Author : Robert N. Stavins
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Page : 572 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Dairying
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Author : Robert N. Stavins
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 20,66 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Dairy farms
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Author : Matthew G. Smith
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 404 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Robert N. Stavins
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Page : 15 pages
File Size : 10,35 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Farms, Size of
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Author : United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. Agriculture and Rural Economy Division
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Page : 502 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Eldon E. Weeks
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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 1980
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Author : Pasquale L Scandizzo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,46 MB
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000238342
This book shows how decisions made by individual farmers influence the efficiency of agricultural markets. Unless farmers properly take account of the correlation between prices and yields in forming their price forecasts, competitive markets will often be socially inefficient, leading to misallocation of resources. The authors demonstrate that a simple and practical price forecasting rule, based on expected per unit revenue, is generally adequate to ensure efficient market behavior.Time-series data from various countries are used to test the hypothesis that market supply is influenced by the correlation of price and yield as well as by lagged market prices . The importance of market inefficiencies in risky situations is shown to, depend on the variability of yields, the nature of farmers'price forecasting behavior, the degree of private risk aversion,and the elasticity of demand. The authors suggest and evaluate three basic policy approaches governments may take when confronted with very inefficient markets--establishing production quotas, improving market information services, and implementing price stabilization schemes. They conclude by discussing implications of the study for the specification of agricultural supply models and for the economic appraisal of risky investment projects.
Author : International institute of forecasters
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Page : 696 pages
File Size : 47,89 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : David Blandford
Publisher : CABI
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 1845930851
This book explores the policy implications of growing pressures for economic adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries. The primary focus is on Europe and North America, but adjustment policies in other developed countries are discussed. Some chapters are based on an international workshop at Imperial College, London in October 2003 and an international symposium in Philadelphia in the spring of 2004.