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The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
to discover why, contrary to what is expected, the county at the center of this group has been notably more prosperous over time than her persistently poor neighbors. When Lyson's concept of economic distance is applied to the five county region a relationship...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
forecasts for some major variables in the beef sector. A provisional supply response model divorced from economic considerations was first specified, estimated and simulated. Results obtained were encouraging. Using the provisional model and introducing...
Expectation formulations and optimal decisions in cattle feedlot problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
Economic agents are continually required or assumed to make decisions based upon variables which are unknown or perhaps known with some degree of uncertainty. In order to aid the decision maker in making intelligent decisions, the traditional...
An economic analysis of the agricultural development potential for Southern Honduras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
The study was conducted in the Valle and Choluteca Districts of Southern Honduras in 1974. The objectives of the study were (1) to identify input-output relationships for selected crops; (2) determine current and potential ...
Investor capital, taxes and the structure of cattle feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
of the nation's fed beef production as over 16 percent. More significant than the current share of control over the nation's fed beef production is the rate of increase in the control held by the nonagricultural investor. Simulation studies of risk and returns...
Uncertainty and the microfoundations of supply response : some theoretical considerations and an empirical application in the U.S. corn market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
This study has examined how a micro-level decision model which incorporates uncertainty can be reconciled with observed market behavior. Conditions under which a firm-market correspondence exists in a deterministic environment ...
A managerial-economics analysis of selected Midwestern Class I motor common carriers of refrigerated commodities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
practices and emerging trends of intercity refrigerated trucklines are not well understood by students of agricultural business and marketing. The major purposes of this study were: (1) to describe and analyse managerial and economic factors of Midwest motor...
Untrained children in industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
or begin industrial careers as unskillustrationsed, untrained workers, and work for long hours, in undesirable occupations, with low wages and, slight chance for advancement. With a view to learning the actual conditions of the boys and girls who leave...
An investigation of farm or dairy buttermaking : dissertation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
Butter is one of the oldest articles of diet which is being manufactured today. Hayward, in collecting data concerning the history of butter, found it mentioned in the Vedas - written 2,000 to 1,400 B. C. Its importance ...
Mass transfer from a vibrating bubble
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1971)
Microstructural and environmental effects on fretting fatigue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1977)
One of the primary causes of premature fatigue failures is a phenomenon known as fretting. The research leading to this paper consisted of developing information regarding microstructural and environmental effects on fretting fatique of a .40...
Potential agricultural insecticide exposure of Indiana bats (Myotis Sodalis) in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1998)
, were recovered from 16 individuals and both surrogates. Two biomarker indices suggestive of organophosphate and/or carbamate insecticide exposure, brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and muscarinic receptor number (B[subscript max]), were depressed in 10...
Study of levels of living in three southeast Missouri counties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1937)
Preliminary statement: Purpose: The purpose of the study was to ascertain something of the levels of living of farm and village families in a selected area in Southeast Missouri. Particular emphasis is given to the tenure ...