Feeding the World

Feeding the World

Author: Giovanni Federico

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2010-12-16

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1400837723

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In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic.


Agricultural Finance

Agricultural Finance

Author: Charles B. Moss

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1135923566

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This textbook integrates financial economics and management in the area of agricultural finance. The presentation of financial economics discusses how the credit needs of farmer/borrowers are met by depositors through commercial banks. The financial management content presents methods used to make farm financial decisions including farm accounting, capital budgeting, and the analysis of risk. The textbook begins by developing the farm financial market focusing primarily on the market for debt. Next, the textbook presents an overview of accounting concepts important for the credit market. The accounting section provides a detailed discussion of the Farm Financial Standards Council’s suggestions for agricultural financial statements. Following the financial accounting, the book presents the use of ratio analysis applied to the farm firm. Next, the text describes capital budgeting followed by an introduction to risk analysis. Finally, the book presents the effect of debt decisions on the farm firm. In addition to the primary topics, the textbook includes a discussion of agricultural banking and monetary policy and an analysis of the choice of historical cost and market valued accounting methodologies on the farm debt decision.


Experimental Auctions

Experimental Auctions

Author: Jayson L. Lusk

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-11-08

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780521671248

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Economists, psychologists, and marketers are interested in determining the monetary value people place on non-market goods for a variety of reasons: to carry out cost-benefit analysis, to determine the welfare effects of technological innovation or public policy, to forecast new product success, and to understand individual and consumer behavior. Unfortunately, many currently available techniques for eliciting individuals' values suffer from a serious problem in that they involve asking individuals hypothetical questions about intended behavior. Experimental auctions circumvent this problem because they involve individuals exchanging real money for real goods in an active market. This represents a promising means for eliciting non-market values. Lusk and Shogren provide a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of experimental auctions. It will be a valuable resource to graduate students, practitioners and researchers concerned with the design and utilization of experimental auctions in applied economic and marketing research.


Agricultural Policy in Western Europe and the United States

Agricultural Policy in Western Europe and the United States

Author: Ken A. Ingersent

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781840644647

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Ingersent (Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade) and Rayner (agricultural economics, U. of Nottingham, UK) discuss the subject in historical sequence and in historical context to enhance understanding of present day policies. They give background to agricultural policy in Western Europe and the United States, trace its history in various phases through the 1980s, discuss international policy adjustment, and look at policy reforms in the 1990s and the prospects for further adjustment. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Cost Analysis Applications of Economics and Operations Research

Cost Analysis Applications of Economics and Operations Research

Author: Thomas R. Jr. Gulledge

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1468463845

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Cost Analysis is an emerging sub-discipline of Economics and Operations Research. This is the first collection of readings that spans the discipline. The contributions are both theoretical and applications oriented. This book is directed to researchers in Economics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, and Managerial Accounting. In particular, the book provides an overview of the types of problems that are of interest to cost researchers. These papers are a subset of the papers that were presented at the 1989 Joint National Meeting of the Institute of Cost Analysis and the National Estimating Society in Washington, D.C.


Market Effects of Crop Support Measures

Market Effects of Crop Support Measures

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2001-09-12

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 9264195017

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This publication compares the market impacts of market price support and several kinds of budgetary direct payments using indicators of economic efficiency and trade distortion.