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Estimation of demand parameters : an empirical analysis of consumer behavior in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
Demand analysis is a key element of economics. It has the attractive feature of being important in theory as well as in application. Its purpose is to explain consumer behavior in the market place, i.e., demand analysis is designed to explain what...
Energy use in meat processing in the Midwest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
availability. This threat was particularly evident during the winter of 1976-77 when cold weather forced economic hardship on many people and businesses. When energy consumption data are viewed from the standpoint of energy types, it is apparent...
Indexes of the influence of weather on corn yields in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1964)
yields in Missouri. The study was designed (1) to construct and evaluate Indexes of weather using existing techniques in a designated Central Missouri area, (2) to construct and evaluate indexes of weather in a designated area utilising the most recent...
Factors influencing use of credit in American agriculture (including comparisons with India)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1961)
"Since credit is one of the most important ways of gaining control of agricultural resources, an understanding of the factors affecting its use is essential to the economic development of any country. Funds can be provided ...
A simultaneous equation analysis of selected terminal hog markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
and institutions and practices become virtually a proxy for a larger body... In livestock marketing, there must be a central value determining mechanism if we are to have an exchange system. Total decentralization is bedlam and unworkable. Even as central markets...
Potential of India as a net exporter of cotton and cotton textile goods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
at a faster rate on a larger base year yield in most countries than in India due to greater adoption of improved technology. India had the largest cotton acreage but lowest yield among the main producers. The second objective was to analyze cotton...
An analysis of the agricultural base and potential in State Economic Area 2b in northeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
Important changes have occurred since 1950 in the agriculture of the State Economic Area 2b, a sixteen county area in northeast Missouri. The changes have been induced by broad movements in economic and technological forces affecting the agriculture...
Social indicators of efficiency and equity convergence in four distressed regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
indicators can be used to monitor and guide practical policy actions....
Financial conditions facilitating growth in local farmer cooperatives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
to achievement of the main objective. 1. Determine a growth measure for local farmer cooperatives and identify financial ratios which have a strong relationship to growth in local farmer cooperatives. 2. Construct a model for predicting growth in local farmer...
The development and evaluation of a method of estimating Missouri country farm income from secondary data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1962)
farm income estimates were indicated above. The specific objectives of this study were twofold: 1. To derive estimates of county income from farming for the years 1949 and 1959 for one county in each of the nine crop reporting districts and the state. 2...
Decision making process of African farmers : a theoretical approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
not invalidate the essential patterns to be reckoned with. A communal decision rule, based on an extended family system is derived. This rule, as any other, is entirely subjective. From this communal framework is constructed a system of production, consumption...
Risk reduction in financing large swine confinement systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1977)
"The objectives of this study are: (1) To compare selected loan lengths and the resulting impact on a swine confinement system. (2) To observe the effects of different leverage ratios on a swine confinement system. (3) To compare annual cash flows...
An analysis of the impact of the changes in the delivery procedure of the fresh shell egg futures contract
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
traders in the shell egg futures market. This study analyzed the changes in the delivery system in terms of their points of impacts: (1) on the cash-futures price relationship in the delivery month, (2) on the futures price as a self-fulfilling forecast...
Identification of the Missouri public's perception of natural resource problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
generally determine the quantity and quality of public goods and services to be supplied. This determination is based on an array of factors including agencies’ budgets and Executive or Legislative Branch preferences. The public’s preferences can be conveyed...
The economics of land disposal of municipal effluent
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
be considered. Specific objectives, then, can be outlined as follows: 1. to describe the pending need for wastewater reuse; 2. to discuss the related literature and determine the value of sewage effluent for agricultural use; 3. to relate past and present...
Exhaustible resources and technological change in the United States agriculture, 1940-1969
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
exchange of the country. Production of goods and services requires two major kinds of inputs: 1. replenishable inputs, and 2. non-replenishable inputs. Inputs that go into agricultural production are mostly gifted from nature. They are fixed in quantities...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
The United States beef sector has been modeled in many studies, perhaps, because beef represents a large proportion of the consumer food dollar and agriculture’s income. The predictive performance of these models has been, ...
Scale and utilization economics in feeding cattle under three feeding systems : a feasibility study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1967)
"Since the end of World War II the cattle feeding industry in the United States has been characterized by three major, and to a certain degree, related developments: 1. A marked expansion in numbers. In the two decades ...
A semi-annual econometric model of the United States feed grain-livestock economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
-annual observation period was adopted. Based on equal divisions of the feed crop year, the semi-annual observation period enhanced the possibility for representing the signaling mechanism between the subsectors and allowed the specification to capture stronger...
An analysis of record systems for farm management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)
Program and (2) to develop a meaningful, yet efficient, record system which would meet the management needs of managers of large commercial farms. To accomplish the above objectives it was first necessary to develop a basic framework in which the Missouri...