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Volume 71, issue 5, 1989

Sustainable Development: Challenges to Profession of Agricultural Economics pp. 1083-1101

Sandra S. Batie

The Economic Degradation Process pp. 1102-1111

Luther Tweeten

The Emerging Agricultural Research Agenda pp. 1112-1116

Charles E. Hess

Mexican External Debt and Its Effects on U.S.—Mexico Agricultural Trade pp. 1117-1122

Julio Hernández-Estrada, Manuel R. Villa-Issa and Adán Quintana Loya

Agricultural Trade between the United States and Mexico: The Impacts of Mexico's Foreign Debt pp. 1123-1134

Gary Thompson and Jimmye S. Hillman

The Mexican External Debt and Its Effects on U.S.—Mexico Agricultural Trade: Discussion pp. 1135-1137

Nicole S. Ballenger

The State of the Art in Credit Evaluation pp. 1138-1144

Raj K. Chhikara

Credit Evaluation: Monitoring the Financial Health of Agriculture pp. 1145-1151

Cole Gustafson

The Role of Credit Evaluation in Agricultural Finance: Dicussion pp. 1152-1154

Eddy L. LaDue

The Role of Credit Evaluations in Agricultural Research: Discussion pp. 1155-1156

Kenneth Obrecht

The Political Economy of American Agricultural Policy: Three Approaches pp. 1157-1164

Robert Paarlberg

Economic Theory and Farm Politics pp. 1165-1171

Bruce Gardner

The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy: Discussion pp. 1172-1174

David R. Lee

The Political Economy of U.S. Agricultural Policy: Discussion pp. 1175-1176

Keith Collins

An Assessment of the Agricultural Economics Profession pp. 1177-1190

Richard Just and Gordon Rausser

Ideal Academic Products for Industry: Research and Graduates pp. 1191-1194

Richard T. Crowder and George H. Hoffman

Research That Has Value in Policy Making: A Professional Challenge pp. 1195-1199

Earl L. Butz

After Twenty-Five Years of Institution Building, The State Agricultural Universities in India Face New Challenges pp. 1200-1205

K. Easter, S. Bisaliah and John O. Dunbar

Agricultural University Institution Building in Brazil: Successes, Problems, and Lessons for Other Countries pp. 1206-1210

John H. Sanders, Richard L. Meyer, Roger W. Fox and Fernando C. Peres

Institution-Building Lessons from USAID's Agricultural Faculty Development Projects in Nigeria pp. 1211-1218

Glenn L. Johnson and Bede N. Okigbo

Effects of Altering the Structure of U.S. Trade pp. 1219-1230

Lon Cesal, Ken Hanson and Sherman Robinson

GATT and the 1990 Farm Bill: Compatibility or Confrontation? pp. 1231-1238

Alan J. Webb, Praveen M. Dixit and Howard Conley

Altering the Structure of U.S. Trade: Discussion pp. 1239-1241

Thomas Hertel

GATT and the 1990 Farm Bill: Comparability or Confrontation?: Discussion pp. 1242-1243

Nicole S. Ballenger

Transnational Structuring in Food Processing and Marketing: Introduction pp. 1244-1245

Dennis R. Henderson

Multinational Structures and Strategies of U.S. Food Firms pp. 1246-1254

Charles Handy and James MacDonald

Research Puzzles Arising from the Internationalization of U.S. Food Processors pp. 1255-1258

John Connor

Multinational Structures and Strategies of U.S. Food Firms: Policy Implications pp. 1259-1261

Emilio Pagoulatos

Strategic Implications of the Multinational Structure of Food Processing pp. 1262-1264

Kirby Moulton and Patricia Lindsey

Global Climate Change: Predictions and Observations pp. 1265-1271

Cynthia Rosenzweig

Global Climate Change and Agriculture: An Economic Perspective pp. 1272-1279

Richard M. Adams

Climate Change, American Agriculture, and Natural Resources: Discussion pp. 1280-1282

John Reilly

Climate Changes, American Agriculture, and Natural Resources: Discussion pp. 1283-1285

Pierre R. Crosson

The Political Economics of California's Proposition 65 pp. 1286-1292

Tim T. Phipps, Kristen Allen and Julie Caswell

Proposition 65 and the Economics of Food Safety pp. 1293-1299

Carol S. Kramer and Eileen O. van Ravenswaay

Management of Toxins in the Environment: Discussion pp. 1300-1302

James A. Zellner

Management of Toxins in the Environment: Discussion pp. 1303-1304

Farrell Kenneth R.

Rural Entrepreneurship: One Key to Rural Revitalization pp. 1305-1314

Christian H. Gladwin, B. F. Long, Emerson M. Babb, D. Mulkey, D. J. Zimet, A. Moseley and L. J. Beaulieu

New Sources of Financing for Rural Development pp. 1315-1323

Mark Drabenstott, Charles Morris and Landell Froerer

Entrepreneurship and Development Finance: Keys to Rural Revitalization: Discussion pp. 1324-1326

Thomas G. Johnson

Keys to Rural Revitalization in the 1990s: Discussion pp. 1327-1328

DeWitt John

Problems Encountered by Agricultural Marketing Firms in Food and Agricultural Product Exporting: Analysis of Survey Results pp. 1367-1374

Kimberley C. Hollon

Volume 71, issue 4, 1989

An Analysis of Farmers' Agricultural Policy Preferences pp. 837-846

Peter Orazem, Daniel M. Otto and Mark A. Edelman

Technology Adoption and Agricultural Price Policy pp. 847-857

Tracy Miller and George Tolley

Generalized Optimal Hedge Ratio Estimation pp. 858-868

Robert J. Myers and Stanley Thompson

Managing Change in Extension pp. 869-873

John Holt

Pricing Accuracy and Efficiency in a Pilot Electronic Hog Market pp. 874-882

W. Timothy Rhodus, E. Dean Baldwin and Dennis R. Henderson

Railroad Rate Deregulation and Uncertainly of Farm-Level Prices for Corn pp. 883-891

Ghulam Sarwar and Dale G. Anderson

Risk Behavior and Rational Expectations in the U.S. Broiler Market pp. 892-902

Satheesh V. Aradhyula and Matthew Holt

Ex Ante Evaluation of the Economic Impact of Agricultural Biotechnology: The Case of Porcine Somatotropin pp. 903-914

Catherine M. Lemieux and Michael Wohlgenant

Incomplete Markets and Government Agriculture Policy pp. 915-931

Robert Innes and Gordon Rausser

The Dietary Impacts of the School Breakfast Program pp. 932-948

Barbara Devaney and Thomas Fraker

Food Consumption Changes of Adult Women between 1977 and 1985 pp. 949-959

Barry M. Popkin, David K. Guilkey and Pamela S. Haines

Off-Farm Labor Market Entry and Exit pp. 960-969

Brian W. Gould and William E. Saupe

Asset Fixity and Investment Asymmetry in Agriculture pp. 970-979

Carl Nelson, John Braden and Jae-Sun Roh

Estimating Multioutput Technologies pp. 980-995

Robert G. Chambers and Richard Just

Estimation Risk in Farm Planning Under Uncertainty pp. 996-1002

Robert Collender

Cost Efficiency in U.S. Corn Production pp. 1003-1010

Stephen C. Cooke and W. Burt Sundquist

Modeling Government Program Participation Decisions at the Farm Level pp. 1011-1020

Gregory Perry, Bruce McCarl, M. Edward Rister and James Richardson

Normal Inputs and Joint Production with Allocatable Fixed Factors pp. 1021-1024

GianCarlo Moschini

Corner Solutions in Duality Models: A Cross-Section Analysis of Dairy Production Decisions pp. 1025-1040

Robert Weaver and Daniel A. Lass

Consistent Estimation of General Equilibrium Welfare Effects pp. 1041-1045

Walter Thurman and Michael Wohlgenant

Land Reform Policies in Iran: Comment pp. 1046-1049

Farshad A. Araghi

Land Reform Policies in Iran: Reply pp. 1050-1053

M. G. (Elis) Majd

Welfare Evaluations in Contingent Valuation Experiments with Discrete Response Data: Comment pp. 1054-1056

Per-Olov Johansson, Bengt Kriström and Karl‑Göran Mäler

Welfare Evaluations in Contingent Valuation Experiments with Discrete Response Data: Reply pp. 1057-1061

Michael Hanemann

Hayami, Yujiro, and Vernon W. Ruttan. Agricultural Development: An International Perspective. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971, xiv + 367 pp pp. 1062-1063

D. Johnson

Ahmed, Raisuddin, and John W. Mellor eds. Agricultural Price Policy for Developing Countries. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988, xii + 327 pp., $35.00 pp. 1063-1064

Stephen K. Pollard

Carter, Colin A., and Walter H. Gardiner, eds. Elasticities in International Agricultural Trade. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, viii + 316 pp., $38.50 pp. 1064-1065

Maury E. Bredahl

Carvalho, Nuno S. de, Maria Luisa de Barros e Sousa, and Augusto Jose de Oliveira, eds. Estudos Economicos no Ambito da Empresa Agricola com Base em Contabilidades. (Coletanea de Trabalhos do DEE No. 5) Oeiras, Portugal: Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria, 1988, 323 pp., price unknown pp. 1065-1066

Fernando C. Peres

Casley, Dennis J., and Krishna Kumar. The Collection, Analysis, and Use of Monitoring and Evaluation Data. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988, ix + 174 pp., $20.00 hardcover, $12.95 paper pp. 1066-1067

Wen S. Chern

Connor, John M. Food Processing: An Industrial Powerhouse in Transition. Lexington MA: Lexington Books, 1988, 462 pages, $50.00 pp. 1067-1068

Richard L. Kilmer

Dovring, Folke. Progress for Food or Food for Progress: The Political Economy of Agricultural Growth and Development. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1988, vii + 324 pp., $49.95 pp. 1068-1069

Richard B. Norgaard and Lori Ann Thrupp

Feder, Gershon, Tongroj Onchan, Yongyuth Chalamwong, Chira Hongladarom. Land Policies and Farm Productivity in Thailand. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press for the World Bank, 1988, x + 165 pp., $18.50 pp. 1069-1070

Gerald Nelson

Fischer, G., K. Frohberg, M. A. Keyzer, and K. S. Parikh. Linked National Models: A Tool for International Food Policy Analysis. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press, 1988. x + 214 pp., $70.00 pp. 1070-1072

Thomas Hertel

Franklin, Michael. Rich Man's Farming: The Crisis in Agriculture. New York: Routledge, Chapman, and Hall, 1988, viii + 103 pp., $14.95 pp. 1072-1073

Allen Featherstone

Harrison, Alan, with R.B. Tranter. The Changing Financial Structure of Farming. Reading UK: Centre for Agriculture Strategy, January 1989, 93 pp., price unknown pp. 1073-1074

Lindon Robison

Hillman, Jimmye S., and Robert A. Rothenberg. Agricultual Trade and Protection in Japan (Thames Essay No. 52). London: Trade Policy Research Centre, 1988, xv + 96 pp., £8.95 pp. 1074

Marcus Noland

Martin, Philip L. Harvest of Confusion: Migrant Workers in U.S. Agriculture. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, xvi + 238 pp., $26.50 pp. 1074-1076

Bernard L. Erven

Mooney, Patrick H. My Own Boss? Class, Rationality and the Family Farm. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, 306 pp., $32.50 paper pp. 1076

Edward I. Reinsel

Nolan, Peter. The Political Economy of Collective Farms: An Analysis of China's Post-Mao Rural Reforms. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, viii + 259 pp., $44.50 pp. 1076-1077

Thomas R. Gottschang

Power, Thomas M. The Economic Pursuit of Quality. Armonk NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1988, xiii + 218 pp., $32.50 pp. 1077-1078

Walter R. Butcher and Philip Wandschneider

Yager, Joseph A. Transforming Agriculture in Taiwan. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 1988, 301 pp., $36.50 pp. 1079-1080

Robert D. Stevens

Reinhardt, Nola. Our Daily Bread: The Peasant Question and Family Farming in the Colombian Andes. Berkeley CA. University of California Press, 1988, xv + 308 pp., $35.00 pp. 1079

Daniel Badger

Yun, Kun-Hwan. Agricultural Cooperatives in Korea. Seoul, Korea: Hyupdong Youngusa, 1987, 270 pp., price unknown pp. 1080-1081

Avishay Braverman and J. Luis Guasch

Volume 71, issue 3, 1989

Negotiating Reductions in Agricultural Support: Implications of Technology and Factor Mobility pp. 559-573

Thomas Hertel

Is Farming a Constant Cost Industry? pp. 574-582

Emery N. Castle

Vote Trading on Farm Legislation in the U.S. House pp. 583-591

David Abler

Efficiency of Alternative Policies for the EC's Common Agricultural Policy pp. 592-603

Harry de Gorter and Karl Meilke

Insurability and Moral Hazard in Agricultural Insurance Markets pp. 604-616

Robert G. Chambers

Migratory Labor and Agriculture pp. 617-629

Robert D. Emerson

Asymmetric Price Risk: An Econometric Analysis of Aggregate Sow Farrowings, 1973–86 pp. 630-637

Russell Tronstad and Thomas J. McNeill

Impact of Railroad Contracts on Grain Bids to Farmers pp. 638-646

Steven D. Hanson, C. Phillip Baumel and Daniel Schnell

Marketing Order Impacts on Farm-Retail Price Spreads: The Suspension of Prorates on California-Arizona Navel Oranges pp. 647-660

Gary Thompson and Charles C. Lyon

Does the Law of One Price Really Hold for Commodity Prices? pp. 661-669

Pier Giorgio Ardeni

Multiple Use Benefits on Public Rangelands: An Incentive-Based Fee System pp. 670-678

Ray G. Huffaker, James Wilen and B. Delworth Gardner

Landowner Characteristics: A Basis for Locational Decisions in the Urban Fringe pp. 679-684

Charles H. Barnard and Walter R. Butcher

Information Effects in Contingent Markets pp. 685-691

John Bergstrom, John R. Stoll and Alan Randall

Pest Externalities from Agricultural Inputs pp. 692-702

Carolyn R. Harper and David Zilberman

Deforestation and Agricultural Productivity in the Côte d'Ivoire pp. 703-711

Simeon K. Ehui and Thomas Hertel

The J-Curve Effect and the U.S. Agricultural Trade Balance pp. 712-720

Colin Carter and Daniel Pick

Exchange Rate Uncertainty and the Demand for U.S. Soybeans pp. 721-729

Margot Anderson and Philip Garcia

Effectiveness of Fluid Milk Advertising Since the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 pp. 730-740

Ronald W. Ward and Bruce L. Dixon

The Demand for Canadian Fats and Oils: A Case Study of Advertising Effectiveness pp. 741-749

Ellen Goddard and Alex K. Amuah

Utilizing Scanner Data to Estimate Retail Demand Functions for Meat Products pp. 750-760

Oral Capps

Supply and Demand Functions for Multiproduct U.S. Cash Grain Farms: Biases Caused by Research and Other Policies pp. 761-773

Wallace Huffman and Robert E. Evenson

Nonstructural Risk Attitude Estimation pp. 774-784

John Antle

Short-Term Leasing, Resource Allocation, and Crop-Share Tenancy pp. 785-790

Mohammad Taslim

Profit Function Approximations and Duality Applications to Agriculture pp. 791-798

Gary Thompson and Mark Langworthy

Technical Change and Applications of Dynamic Duality to Agriculture: Comment pp. 799-802

Bruce A. Larson

Technical Change and Applications of Dynamic Duality to Agriculture: Reply pp. 803-804

Utpal Vasavada and Robert G. Chambers

Technical Change and Applications of Dynamic Duality to Agriculture: Reply pp. 805

Wayne H. Howard and C. Shumway

Revenue and Cost Uncertainty, Generalized Mean-Variance and the Linear Complementarity Problem: Comment pp. 806-809

Robert W. Dubman, Lewell F. Gunter and Bill Miller

Revenue and Cost Uncertainty, Generalized Mean-Variance and the Linear Complementarity Problem: Reply pp. 810-812

Quirino Paris

Stochastic Technology and Prices: Comment pp. 813-816

James Shortle and William T. McSweeny

Stochastic Technology and Prices: Reply pp. 817-819

Quirino Paris

Waugh, Frederick V. Demand and Price Analysis—Some Examples from Agriculture. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Econ. Res. Serv., Econ. and Statist. Anal. Div. Tech. Bull. No. 1316, Nov. 1964, vi + 94pp pp. 820-821

Joseph Havlicek

Antle, John M. World Agricultural Development and the Future of U.S. Agriculture. Lanham MD: University Press of America for American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1988, 112 pp., $16.50 pp. 821-823

David R. Lee

Boyce, James K. Agrarian Impasse in Bengal: Institutional Constraints to Technological Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987, xviii + 308 pp., price unknown pp. 823-824

Randolph Barker

Hayami, Yujiro. Japanese Agriculture Under Siege: The Political Economy of Agricultural Policies. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, 145 pp., $45.00 pp. 824-825

Colin Carter

Fry, Maxwell J. Money, Interest, and Banking in Economic Development. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988, xx + 522 pp., $37.50, $14.95 paperback pp. 824

Compton Bourne

Hildreth, R. J., Kathryn L. Lipton, Kenneth C. Clayton, and Carl C. O'Connor, eds. Agriculture and Rural Areas Approaching the Twenty-first Century. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988, 565 pp., $14.95 pp. 825-826

Peter Berck

Kloppenburg, Jack R., Jr., ed. Seeds and Sovereignty: The Use and Control of Plant Genetic Resources. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 1988, viii + 368 pp., $47.50 pp. 827-828

Allan Schmid and Thomas Shephard

Lee, Warren F., Michael D. Boehlje, Aaron G. Nelson, and William G. Murray. Agricultural Finance, 8th ed. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988, xii + 468 pp., $29.95 pp. 828-829

Jerome M. Stam and William Herr

Medvedev, Zhores A. Soviet Agriculture. New York & London: W. W. Norton and Co., 1987, xiv + 464 pp., $27.50 pp. 829-830

Kenneth R. Gray

Murdock, Steve H., and F. Larry Leistritz, eds. The Farm Financial Crisis: Socioeconomic Dimensions and Implications for Producers and Rural Areas. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, xvi + 205 pp., $32.50 pp. 830-831

Enrique Ospina

Oh, Heung Keun. Development of Food & Agricultural Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, 1965–1987. Seoul: Korea Rural Economics Institute (4-102 Hoegi-Dong, Dongdaemoon-Ku, Seoul 130-050), 1988, xii + 397 pp., price unknown pp. 831-832

Dana G. Dalrymple

Paarlberg, Don. Toward a Well-Fed World. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988, 270 pp., $24.95 pp. 832-833

C. Ford Runge

Roling, Niels. Extension Science: Information Systems in Agricultural Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, xii + 233 pp., $34.50 pp. 833-834

Richard Barrows

Stevens, Robert D., and Cathy L. Jabara. Agricultural Development Principles. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988, xxxi + 478 pp., $45.00, $17.50 paperback pp. 834

Robert R. Deuson

Strange, Marty. Family Farming: A New Economic Vision. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press and Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1988, xi + 311 pp., $18.95 pp. 835-836

George F. Patrick

Volume 71, issue 2, 1989

Demand for Farm Output in a Complete System of Demand Functions pp. 241-252

Michael Wohlgenant

Modeling the Pattern of Structural Change in U.S. Meat Demand pp. 253-261

GianCarlo Moschini and Karl Meilke

The Dual Structure of Incomplete Demand Systems pp. 262-274

Jeffrey LaFrance and Michael Hanemann

The Importance of International Students in the Academic Market for Agricultural Economists pp. 275-279

C. M. Gempesaw and G. J. Elterich

Sources of Growth in French Agriculture pp. 280-293

Frédéric Bouchet, David Orden and George Norton

Provision of and Request for Agricultural Extension Services pp. 294-302

Ariel Dinar

Profit Efficiency Among Basmati Rice Producers in Pakistan Punjab pp. 303-310

Mubarik Ali and John C. Flinn

Rollover Hedging and Missing Long-Term Futures Markets pp. 311-318

Bruce Gardner

Mandatory Production Controls and Asset Values: A Case Study of Burley Tobacco Quotas pp. 319-325

Valerie L. Vantreese, Michael Reed and Jerry R. Skees

Four Approaches to Commodity Market Stabilization: A Comparative Analysis pp. 326-337

Joseph Glauber, Peter Helmberger and Mario Miranda

Distribution of Research Gains in Multistage Production Systems: Further Results pp. 338-343

Garth J. Holloway

A Sure Bet on Symmetry pp. 344-351

Quirino Paris

The Value of Stabilizing Fertilizer under Carry-Over Conditions pp. 352-362

Yen-Shong Chiao and Allan Gillingham

Subjective Probabilities and Scoring Rules: Experimental Evidence pp. 363-369

Robert G. Nelson and David Bessler

The Conditional Beta Distribution as a Stochastic Production Function pp. 370-378

Carl Nelson and Paul Preckel

Market Intervention and International Price Stability pp. 379-388

Anthony C. Zwart and David Blandford

The Effects of Macroeconomic Announcements on Commodity Prices pp. 389-403

Scott W. Barnhart

Optimal Spatial Management of Agricultural Pollution pp. 404-413

John Braden, Gary V. Johnson, Aziz Bouzaher and David Miltz

Functional Form and the Statistical Properties of Welfare Measures pp. 414-421

Wiktor Adamowicz, Jerald J. Fletcher and Theodore Graham-Tomasi

Forecasting Halibut Biomass Using System Theoretic Time-Series Methods pp. 422-431

Keith Criddle and Arthur M. Havenner

On the Relationship between the Estimates of Level Models and Difference Models pp. 432-436

Asatoshi Maeshiro and Robert Wichers

Agricultural Economists and Multidisciplinary Research: Comment pp. 437-438

R. Terry Ervin and Eduardo Segarra

Land Allocation Under Uncertainty for Alternative Specifications of Return Distributions: Comment pp. 439-440

Bernard V. Tew and Donald W. Reid

Land Allocation under Uncertainty for Alternative Specifications of Return Distributions: Reply pp. 441-442

Robert Collender and David Zilberman

The Econometrics of Damage Control: Comment pp. 443-444

Sushil Pandey

The Econometrics of Damage Control: Reply pp. 445-446

Erik Lichtenberg and David Zilberman

Spillover Benefits of Agricultural Research: Evidence from U.S. Experience pp. 447-452

Robert E. Evenson

Externalities and Research Priorities in Agricultural Pest Control pp. 453-457

Gerald A. Carlson

Incorporating Social Costs in the Returns to Agricultural Research pp. 458-463

Susan M. Capalbo and John Antle

Externalities and the Returns to Agricultural Research: Discussion pp. 464-465

Katherine H. Reichelderfer

Externalities and the Returns to Agricultural Research: Discussion pp. 466-467

Tim T. Phipps

Human Illness Costs of Foodborne Bacteria pp. 468-474

Tanya Roberts

IQ and Lead Exposure: Analytic Issues Arising in the Water Lead and Gasoline Lead Standards pp. 475-479

Hugh M. Pitcher

The Economic Risks of Deliberately Released Genetically Engineered Microorganisms pp. 480-484

Beverly Fleisher

Adding an Economic Dimension to Risk Assessment: Discussion pp. 485-486

Josephine Mauskopf

Adding an Economic Dimension to Risk Assessment: Discussion pp. 487-488

James Hammitt

Models and Their Uses pp. 489-494

Christopher Sims

Identifying Monetary Impacts on Agricultural Prices in VAR Models pp. 495-502

David Orden and Paul Fackler

The Forecast and Policy Analysis pp. 503-506

David Bessler and John L. Kling

Policy Analysis with Time-Series Econometric Models: Discussion pp. 507-508

Timothy D. Mount

Policy Analysis with Time-Series Econometric Models: Discussion pp. 509-510

Richard M. Todd

Financial Instruments for Consumption Smoothing by Commodity-Dependent Exporters pp. 511-516

Brian Wright and David M Newbery

Optimal Portfolios of External Debt in Developing Countries: The Potential Role of Commodity-Linked Bonds pp. 517-522

Robert J. Myers and Stanley Thompson

Securitization and Commodity Contingency in International Lending pp. 523-530

Ronald W. Anderson, Christopher L. Gilbert and Andrew Powell

Financial Risk Management Needs of Developing Countries: Discussion pp. 531-533

Todd E. Petzel

Financial Risk Management Needs of Developing Countries: Discussion pp. 534-535

Donald Lessard

Allen, Kristen, and Katie Macmillan, eds. U.S.-Canadian Agricultural Trade Challenges: Developing Common Approaches. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1988, 218 pp., price unknown pp. 536-537

L. Chase Wilde

Chambers, Robert G. Applied Production Analysis: A Dual Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, xv 4–331 pp., $49.50, $18.95 paper pp. 537-538

Jean-Paul Chavas

Goodman, David, Bernardo Sorj, and John Wilkinson, From Farming to Biotechnology. Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1987, 214 pp., $39.95 pp. 538-539

Otto Doering

Jahn, Hans-Harald. Agrarsektor Spanien: Analyse und Prognose des Angebotspotentials bei Pflanzlichen Produkten unter EG-Bedingungen, (Spanish Agriculture: Analysis and Forecast of Production Response of Crop Products Under EC Conditions). Forschungsberichte zur Oekonomie im Gartenbau 64 pp. 539-540

Stephen W. Hiemstra

Ospina, Enrique, and Cami S. Sims. The Role of State Government in Agriculture. Morrilton AR: Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, 1988, 153 pp. $16 pp. 540-541

Harold D. Guither

Judge, George G., R. Carter Hill, William E. Griffiths, Helmut Lutkepohl, and Tsoung-Chao Lee. Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Econometrics, 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1988, xxxvii + 1,024 pp., $61.60 pp. 540

B Brorsen

Paarlberg, Philip L., and Robert G. Chambers, eds. Macroeconomics Agriculture, and Exchange Rates. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, 320 pp., $31.50 pp. 541-543

Thomas Grennes

Ruttan, Vernon W., and Carl E. Pray, eds. Policy for Agricultural Research. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1987, xvii + 558 pp., $36.50 pp. 543

William Lesser

Sagoff, Mark. The Economy of the Earth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, x + 271 pp., price unknown pp. 544

James C. Hite

Staten, Jay. The Embattled Farmer. Golden CO: Fulcrum, 1987, index and bibliography plus 242 pp., $15.95 pp. 544-545

Lauren Soth

Sumner, Daniel, ed. Agricultural Stability and Farm Programs: Concepts, Evidence, and Implications. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, 177 pp., $23.50 pp. 545-546

Robert D. Innes

Sutton, John D., ed. Agriculture Trade and Natural Resources: Discovering the Critical Linkages. Boulder CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1988, 245 pp., $30.00 pp. 546-547

Timothy D. Mount

Tutwiler, M. Ann, ed. U.S. Agriculture in a Global Setting: An Agenda for the Future. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1988, xii + 234 pp., $20.00 pp. 547-549

Paul W. Barkley

Volume 71, issue 1, 1989

Chicken, Eggs, and Causality, or Which Really Came First? pp. iv

Julian Alston and James A. Chalfant

Are Harvest Forecasts News? USDA Announcements and Futures Market Reactions pp. 1-8

Daniel A. Summer and Rolf A. E. Mueller

Causal Relationships between Public Sector Agricultural Research Expenditures and Output pp. 9-19

Philip Pardey and Barbara Craig

Political Economy of U.S. Sugar Policies pp. 20-31

Rigoberto Lopez

Rice in Asia: Is It Becoming an Inferior Good? pp. 32-42

Shoichi Ito, E. Wesley Peterson and Warren R. Grant

Welfare Implications of Price Stabilization with Monopolistic Trade pp. 43-54

Chung Ming Wong

A Hedonic Study of the Effects of Erosion Control and Drainage on Farmland Values pp. 55-62

Raymond B. Palmquist and Leon E. Danielson

Interruptible Water Markets in the Pacific Northwest pp. 63-75

Joel R. Hamilton, Norman K. Whittlesey and Philip Halverson

Test-Retest Reliability of the Contingent Valuation Method: A Comparison of General Population and Visitor Responses pp. 76-84

John Loomis

Estimation of a Two-Level Demand System with Limited Dependent Variables pp. 85-98

Steven T. Yen and Terry Roe

The Effect of Food Stamps on Food Expenditures: An Assessment of Findings From the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey pp. 99-104

Barbara Devaney and Thomas Fraker

A Simultaneous Analysis of Food Industry Conduct pp. 105-115

James A. Zeller

Measuring Productive Efficiency in Multiple Product Agribusiness Firms: A Dual Approach pp. 116-125

Jay Akridge

Supply Response in the U.S. Sheep Industry pp. 126-135

Glen D. Whipple and Dale J. Menkhaus

Comparative Analysis of Investment Models for New York Dairy Farms pp. 136-146

Alfons Weersink and Loren W. Tauer

Optimal Replacement Policies for Rejuvenated Assets pp. 147-157

John W. McClelland, Micheal E. Wetzstein and Richard K. Noles

Linear Approximation Using MOTAD and Separable Programming: Should It Be Done? pp. 158-166

Bruce McCarl and Hayri Onal

Estimating Production Activity Costs for Multioutput Firms with a Random Coefficient Regression Model pp. 167-177

Robert H. Hornbaker, Bruce L. Dixon and Steven T. Sonka

Estimation of von Liebig Response Functions pp. 178-186

Quirino Paris and Keith Knapp

Land Quality, Irrigation Development, and Cropping Patterns in the Northern High Plains pp. 187-194

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Conditional Qualitative Forecasting pp. 195-201

Peter M. Feather and Michael S. Kaylen

A Small-Sample Comparison of Estimators in the EU-MGF Approach to Decision Making pp. 202-210

Edward E. Gbur and Robert A. Collins

Land Ownership Security and Farm Investment: Comment pp. 211-214

Michael Roth, Richard Barrows, Michael Carter and Don Kanel

Land Ownership Security and Farm Investment: Reply pp. 215-216

Gershon Feder and Tongroj Onchan

Valuing the Effect of Acidification Damages on the Adirondack Fishery: Comment pp. 217-220

W. Shaw

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Wallace E. Tyner

Buongiorno, Joseph, and J. Keith Gilless. Forest Management and Economics: A Primer in Quantitative Methods. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1987, xv + 285 pp., $39.95 pp. 225-226

B. Bruce Bare

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Daryll E. Ray

Carter, Colin A., and Fu-Ning Zhong. China's Grain Production and Trade: An Economic Analysis. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1988, xii + 124 pp., $32.50 pp. 227-228

James R. Simpson

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Fred J. Hitzhusen

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A.L. Frederick

Guither, Harold D, and Harold G. Halcrow. The American Farm Crisis: An Annotated Bibliography with Analytical Introductions. Ann Arbor MI: Pierian Press, 1988, 164 pp., $40.00 pp. 230-231

Jerry R. Skees

International Labor Office (ILO). Employment and Economic Reform: Towards a Strategy for the Sudan. Geneva: International Labor Office, 1987, xvi + 172 pp., 22.50 Swiss francs pp. 231-232

Babiker Idris

D. Gale Johnson, ed. Agricultural Reform Efforts in the United States and Japan. New York: New York University Press, 1987, viii + 90 pp., $30.00 pp. 232-233

Fumio Egaitsu

Ladd, George W. Imagination in Research: An Economist's View. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1987, viii + 146 pp., $9.95 pp. 233-234

Thomas T. Stout

Lecaillon, J., C. Morrison, H. Schneider, and E. Thorbecke. Economic Policies and Agricultural Performance of Low-Income Countries. Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Centre (OECD), 1987, 208 pp., $25.00 pp. 234-235

Jean M. Due

Street, Paul. What Price Food? Agricultural Price Policies in the Developing Countries. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987, 127 pp., $35 pp. 235-236

John R. Moore

Wallace, L. Tim, and Ralph Lattimore, eds. Rural New Zealand—What Next? Canterbury, New Zealand: Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit. Lincoln College, 1987, xi + 380 pp., $29.95 (NZ) pp. 236-237

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