This report gives a preliminary look at how FAPRI-MU RIN market projections could be represented as supply and use tables....

This report summarizes information about ethanol markets and margins for ethanol producers under a continuation of current farm and energy policies....

Presentation of voting statistics and democratic models.

Graphic presentation demonstrating issues surrounding Legislative Term Limits in Missouri. Includes tables, charts, and graphs.

Powerpoint presentation prepared for the Institute of Public Policy concerning school policies and childhood obesity in Missouri. Data representations include graphs, charts, tables, and maps....

percent of those eligible. This report shows the intersection and interplay of three metrics commonly used for examining population well being: food insecurity, food stamp participation, and the poverty level....

(Joint Committee on Tax Policy 2009, “Tax Credits in Missouri”). A tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction, satisfaction, or payment of tax liability. Recently, the amount of tax credits that have been authorized, issued, and redeemed has grown...

. Those who have written about term limits do not agree about the probable effects and researchers have found that the effects of term limits vary significantly from state to state (see attached bibliography). This report draws on legislative data compiled...

Researchers at the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri have recently completed a national survey of 1,000 adults on attitudes about the environment. The survey asked respondents about their level of concern...

extraordinary session. Shortly after the state program was approved by the legislature, Carolyn Toft, the Executive Director of the Landmarks Association of St. Louis, compared the program to publicly financed sports stadiums and said, “this is precisely...

Document in support of the testimony given by Pat Westhoff to the Commission on the Application of Payment Limitations in Washington, DC.

Rates of turnover among public school teachers in the U.S. are substantial. Among all teachers, national estimates indicate that 16.5% of teachers left their schools between the 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years, the most recent time period...

This report provides the background necessary to show that agricultural use values should reflect the expected future stream of returns generated by the land and discounted to current dollars....

The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU) has provided quantitative analysis to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) regarding the short term effects on market prices...

This report highlights production costs related to energy based resources with a particular focus on variable costs for fuel and fertilizer. This provides preliminary estimates regarding prices paid by farmers for inputs for 2006 in addition to a...

House and Senate staff working on the 2002 farm bill conference asked the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute to examine a number of dairy policy options. For purposes of analysis, each program is assumed to ...

Poster presentation of issues surrounding childhood obesity related to race, ethnicity, and public policy....

This report analyzes the Dairy Provisions of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Substitute Amendment to S. 1731....

served less than half of the low-income students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Universal Breakfast Programs that provide free meals to all students, regardless of income, are a policy alternative that will reach more students and provide them...

In Summer 2003, the Institute of Public Policy conducted a mail survey of state legislators to determine how legislators feel about constituency service and the use of technology, whether they believe email has a positive effect on communication...