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Volume 69, issue 5, 1987

Editor's Note pp. xvi

Peter J. Barry

Agricultural Economics: Finding Our Future pp. 883-889

Daniel I. Padberg

Public Experimentation and Innovation: An Effective Past but Uncertain Future pp. 890-899

Wayne D. Rasmussen

Fostering Trade in a Hostile International Environment pp. 900-905

Premier Grant Devine

Fostering Trade in a Hostile International Environment: An Australian Perspective pp. 906-917

Geoffrey Miller

Fostering Trade in a Hostile International Environment: Discussion pp. 918-919

Joseph J. Richter and Jimmye S. Hillman

Fostering Trade in a Hostile International Environment: Discussion pp. 920-921

Alex F. McCalla

The Effect of U.S. Domestic Interests on Technology Transfer Policy pp. 922-928

Nyle C. Brady

Aid, Food Policy Reform, and U.S. Agricultural Interests in the Third World pp. 929-935

Walter P. Falcon

Technology Transfer as Development Aid: Discussion pp. 936-937

David F. Nygaard

Technology Transfer as Development Aid: Discussion pp. 938-939

Robert W. Herdt

Linkages between Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiations in Agriculture pp. 940-945

T. K. Warley

Formal and Informal Barriers to Trade in Agricultural Products, Canada—United States pp. 946-951

Elmer L. Menzie and Barry Prentice

Toward Freer Trade in Canada-U.S. Agriculture: Discussion pp. 952-953

M. L. Lerohl

Toward Freer Trade in Canada-U.S. Agricultural Products: Discussion pp. 954-955

Kristen Allen and George E. Rossmiller

Agricultural Policy and the Benefits of Ozone Control pp. 956-962

Raymond Kopp and Alan J. Krupnick

Economic Impacts of Acid Rain on Forest, Aquatic, and Agricultural Ecosystems in Canada pp. 963-969

Truman P. Phillips and Bruce A. Forster

Economic Impacts of Ozone and Acid Rain: Discussion pp. 970-971

Kathleen Segerson

Impacts of Alternative Programs Indicated by the FAPRI Analysis pp. 972-979

William H. Meyers, S. R. Johnson, Abner W. Womack, Jon Brandt and Robert E. Young

Distributional Impact of Farm Programs and the Adjustment Dilemma pp. 980-987

David Blandford

Alternative Agricultural Programs: Discussion pp. 988-989

Philip Abbott

Alternative Agricultural Programs: Discussion pp. 990-991

Kenneth C. Clayton

Marketing Boards: The Canadian Experience pp. 992-1000

Michele M. Veeman

Canadian Supply— Managed Agricultural Sectors Revisited pp. 1001-1008

Robert Saint-Louis and Yvon Proulx

Marketing Boards in Canada: Discussion pp. 1009-1010

W. Hartley Furtan

Marketing Boards in Canada: Discussion pp. 1011-1012

Stewart H. Lane

Tax Reform Impacts on Agricultural Production and Investment Decisions pp. 1013-1020

Gregory D. Hanson and Diane R. Bertelsen

Distributional Impacts of the 1986 Tax Reform Act pp. 1021-1026

David A. Lins, Susan E. Offutt and James Richardson

Tax Reform Impacts on Agriculture: Discussion pp. 1027-1028

Hoy Carman

Tax Reform Impacts on Agriculture: Discussion pp. 1029-1030

James A. Chalfant

Competencies and Qualities of Agricultural Economics Graduates Sought by Agribusiness Employers pp. 1031-1036

Kerry K. Litzenberg and Vernon E. Schneider

Reforming Curricula: Challenge and Change for Agricultural Economists pp. 1037-1042

Bernard L. Erven

Undergraduate Agricultural Economics Curricula: Discussion pp. 1043-1044

Joseph D. Coffey

Undergraduate Agricultural Economics Curricula: Discussion pp. 1045-1046

William D. Dobson

Competitive Strategy for Farm Supply and Grain Elevator Business pp. 1047-1055

Kenneth F. Harling and Thomas F. Funk

Strategic Responses to Changes in Information Technology pp. 1056-1061

Robert King and Iain G. Shuker

Strategic Management in Agribusiness Firms: Discussion pp. 1062-1063

Randall Westgren

Strategic Management in Agribusiness Firms: Discussion pp. 1064-1065

Ronald Cotterill

Risk Attitudes Measured by the Interval Approach: A Case Study of Kansas Farmers pp. 1101-1105

Arthur C. Thomas

Volume 69, issue 4, 1987

Targeted Agricultural Export Subsidies and Social Welfare pp. 723-732

Philip Abbott, Philip L. Paarlberg and Jerry A. Sharples

A Market Equilibrium Analysis of the Impact of Risk on the U.S. Rice Industry pp. 733-739

B Brorsen, Jean-Paul Chavas and Warren R. Grant

Pricing and Storage of Field Crops: A Quarterly Model Applied to Soybeans pp. 740-749

Mark Lowry, Joseph Glauber, Mario Miranda and Peter Helmberger

Quasi-Experimental Price Elasticities of Cigarette Demand and the Bootlegging Effect pp. 750-754

Badi Baltagi and Rajeev Goel

An Analysis of Rubber Supply in Sri Lanka pp. 755-761

Michael J. Hartley, Marc Nerlove and R. Kyle Peters

Hog Cycles and Countercyclical Production Response pp. 762-770

Dermot Hayes and Andrew Schmitz

Beef Cow Numbers, Crop Acreage, and Crop Policy pp. 771-776

Barry W. Bobst and Joe T. Davis

Extension Decision Aids for the Dairy Termination Program: A Comparative Analysis pp. 777-785

Thomas O. Knight and Kathryn A. Kubiak

Government Programs and Adoption of Conservation Tillage Practices on Nonirrigated Wheat Farms pp. 786-795

Gary L. Helms, DeeVon Bailey and Terrence F. Glover

U.S. Soybean Yields: Estimation and Forecasting with Nonsymmetric Disturbances pp. 796-803

Paul Gallagher

Stochastic Dominance over Potential Portfolios: Caution Regarding Covariance pp. 804-812

Bruce McCarl, Thomas O. Knight, James R. Wilson and James B. Hastie

Nearly Optimal Linear Programming Solutions: Some Conceptual Issues and a Farm Management Application pp. 813-818

Robert O. Burton, James S. Gidley, Barton S. Baker and Kimberly J. Reda-Wilson

Sources of Cyclical Employment Instability in Rural Counties pp. 819-827

Deborah J. Brown and James Pheasant

The Necessity for Substitute Prices Recreation Demand Analyses pp. 828-837

Donald H. Rosenthal

Relative Prices and Money: Further Results for the United States pp. 838-842

S. Devadoss and William H. Meyers

Land Reform Policies in Iran pp. 843-848

Mohammad G. Majd

Interpreting Dual Variables for Optimization with Nonmonetary Objectives pp. 849-851

Paul Preckel, Allen Featherstone and Timothy Baker

Expectations and Commodity Price Dynamics: The Overshooting Model: Comment pp. 852-855

J. Douglas Gordon

Expectations and Commodity Price Dynamics: The Overshooting Model: Reply pp. 856

Jeffrey Frankel

Stochastic Efficiency versus Mean-Variance Criteria as Predictors of Adoption of Reduced Tillage: Comment pp. 857-860

Chandra M. Shrestha, David Debertin and Kurt R. Anschel

Salter, Leonard A., Jr. A Critical Review of Research in Land Economics. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1948 pp. 861-862

Emery N. Castle

Beiden, Joseph N. Dirt Rich, Dirt Poor: America's Food and Farm Crisis. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986, xii + 188 pp., 7.95 English pounds pp. 862-863

Don Paarlberg

Browne, William P., and Don F. Hadwiger, eds. World Food Policies: Toward Agricultural Independence. Boulder CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1986, 220 pp., $26.50 pp. 863-864

Nicole S. Ballenger

Capps, Oral, and Benjamin Senauer, eds. Food Demand Analysis, Implications for Future Consumption. Blacksburg VA: Department of Agricultural Economies, VPI and State University, 1986, xi and 292 pp., $15.00 pp. 864-865

Gordon A. King

Butler, Nick. The International Grain Trade: Problems and Prospects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986, vi + 176 pp., $29.95 pp. 864

Emilio Pagoulatos

Castle, Emery N., Manning H. Becker, and A. Gene Nelson. Farm Business Management: The Decision-Making Process, 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan Co., 1987, xii + 413 pp., $33.75 pp. 865-866

William M. Edwards

Cummings, Ronald G., David S. Brookshire, and William D. Schulze, eds. Valuing Environmental Goods—An Assessment of the Contingent Valuation Method. Totowa NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1986, xiii + 270 pp., $49.50 pp. 866-867

Thomas P. Holmes

Ghai, Dharam and Lawrance D. Smith. Agricultural Prices, Policy, and Equity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Boulder CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1987, x + 174 pp., $24.50 pp. 867-868

William K. Jaeger

Hansen, Art W., and Della E. McMillan, eds. Food in Sub-Saharan Africa. Boulder CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1986, xvi + 410 pp., price unknown pp. 868-869

William O. Jones

Hildebrand, Peter E., ed. Perspectives on Farming Systems Research and Extension. Boulder CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1986, xiii + 167 pp., $20.00 pp. 869-870

Edward D. Lotterman

Johnson, A. C, Jr., M. B. Johnson, and R. C. Buse. Econometrics: Basic and Applied. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1987, xv + 480 pp., $29.00 pp. 870-872

Nancy E. Bockstael

Hill, Polly. Development Economics on Trial: The Anthropological Case for a Prosecution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, xiii + 198 pp., $34.50, $10.95 paper pp. 870

Forrest D. Colburn

Johnson, Glenn L. Research Methodology for Economists: Philosophy and Practice. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1986, xx + 252 pp., $27.50 pp. 872-873

George W. Ladd

Kennedy, John O. S. Dynamic Programming Applications to Agriculture and Natural Resources. London: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, 1986, xv + 341 pp., $76.00 pp. 873

Jon M. Conrad

McKinzie, Lance, Timothy G. Baker, and Wallace E. Tyner. A Perspective on U.S. Farm Problems and Agricultural Policy. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1987, xvii + 189 pp., $22.50 pp. 874-875

Eddy L. LaDue

Ravenhill, John, ed. Africa in Economic Crisis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986, xiii + 359 pp., $35.00 pp. 875-876

Charles D. Whyte

Robison, Lindon J., and Peter J. Barry. The Competitive Firm's Response to Risk. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1987, xii + 324 pp., $37.50 pp. 876-877

Arne Hallam

Schuh, G. Edward, and Jennifer L. McCoy, eds. Foody Agriculturey and Development in the Pacific Basin. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1986, xvii + 292 pp., $25.00 pp. 877-878

David F. Nygaard

Thomas, Vinod. Linking Macroeconomic and Agricultural Policies for Adjustment and Growth: The Colombian Experience. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, 252 pp., $32.50 pp. 878-879

Harold M. Riley

Williams, Thomas T., ed. Human Resources Development in Rural America—Myth or Reality. Tuskegee AL: Tuskegee University, 1986, ix + 189 pp., $15.00 paper pp. 879-880

Henry Ponder

Volume 69, issue 3, 1987

Econometric Estimation of Producers' Risk Attitudes pp. 509-522

John Antle

Further Toward a Theory of Agricultural Insurance pp. 523-531

Carl Nelson and Edna T. Loehman

An Examination of Farm Sector Real Asset Dynamics: 1910–85 pp. 532-546

Allen Featherstone and Timothy Baker

Dynamic Animal Economics pp. 547-557

Sherwin Rosen

Long-Run Profit Functions for Multiproduct Firms pp. 558-569

Dale Squires

Surplus Disposal in World Markets: An Application to Egyptian Cotton pp. 570-579

Eric A. Monke, Dennis C. Cory and Donald G. Heckerman

Flexible Exchange Rates and Commodity Price Changes: The Case of Japan pp. 580-590

Cathy L. Jabara and Nancy E. Schwartz

Gains and Losses of Sugar Program Policy Options pp. 591-602

Gwo-Jiun M. Leu, Andrew Schmitz and Ronald D. Knutson

A Simple Repackaging Model of Recreational Choices pp. 603-612

Elizabeth A. Wilman

A Spatial Analysis of Primary Health Care Markets in Rural Areas pp. 613-625

Patricia A. Cowper and John E. Kushman

Undocumented Mexico—U.S. Migration and the Returns to Households in Rural Mexico pp. 626-638

J. Edward Taylor

The Seasonality of Risk and Return on Agricultural Futures Positions pp. 639-646

J. Austin Murphy

Methods for Selecting the Optimal Dynamic Hedge When Production is Stochastic pp. 647-657

Larry Karp

Valuing Information When Risk Preferences Are Nonneutral: An Application to Irrigation Scheduling pp. 658-668

Darrell Bosch and Vernon Eidman

Describing and Identifying the Complete Set of Target MOTAD Solutions pp. 669-676

Francis McCamley and James B. Kliebenstein

Does Agricultural Extension Pay? The Training and Visit System in Northwest India pp. 677-686

Gershon Feder, Roger H. Slade and Lawrence J. Lau

The Demand for Varied Diet with Econometric Models for Count Data pp. 687-692

Jonq-Ying Lee

The Component Pricing of Milk Revisited pp. 693-696

Normand R. St-Pierre and Grant Scobie

The Fallacy of Differencing to Reduce Multicollinearity pp. 697-700

Oscar R. Burt

Risk Modeling via Direct Utility Maximization Using Numerical Quadrature pp. 701-706

Michael S. Kaylen, Paul Preckel and Edna T. Loehman

A Second Perspective on Earl O. Heady's. Economics of Agricultural Production and Resource Use. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1952 pp. 707-711

Glenn L. Johnson

Beierlein, James G., Kenneth C. Schneeberger, and Donald D. Osburn. Principles of Agribusiness Management. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986, xx + 441 pp., $25.95 pp. 711-712

Michael W. Woolverton

Bromley, Daniel W., ed, Natural Resource Economics: Policy Problems and Contemporary Analysis. Boston: Kluwer Nijhoff Publishing, 1986, xiv + 234 pp., $34.95 pp. 712-713

Chennat Gopalakrishnan

Dahlberg, Kenneth A., ed. New Directions for Agriculture and Agricultural Research: Neglected Dimensions and Emerging Alternatives. Totowa NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, Publishers, 1986, xi + 436 pp, $45.00, $18.95 paper pp. 713-714

Ralph W. Cummings

Easter, K. William, John A. Dixon, and Maynard M. Hufschmidt, eds. Watershed Resources Management. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1986, xx & 236 pp., $24.00 pp. 714-715

Marc Ribaudo

Hazell, Peter B. R., and Roger D. Norton. Mathematical Programming for Economic Analysis in Agriculture. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1986, xiv & 400 pp., $42.50 pp. 715-716

Paul Preckel

Houck, James P. Elements of Agricultural Trade Policy. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. 1986, xvi & 184 pp., $29.95 pp. 716-717

Won W. Koo

Makeham, J. P., and L. R. Malcolm. The Economics of Tropical Farm Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, iii + 178 pp., $39.50 pp. 717-718

Peter E. Hildebrand

McBride, Glynn. Agricultural Cooperatives—Their Why and Their How. Westport CT: AVI Publishing Co. 1986, xvii + 352 pp., $42.50 pp. 718-719

Calvin R. Berry

Mulmule, M. G. A Practical Guide to Financing Integrated Rural Development. New Delhi: Sultan Chand & Sons, 1985, xi + 560 pp., 40Rs pp. 719

J. D. Von Pischke

Stross, Randall E. The Stubborn Earth: American Agriculturalists on Chinese Soil, 1898–1937. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, xi + 272 pp., $25.00 pp. 720-721

Jane Gleason

Timmer, C. Peter. Getting Prices Right: The Scope and Limits of Agricultural Price Policy. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 1986, 160 pp., $25.00, $7.95 paper pp. 721-722

Alex F. McCalla

Williams, Jeffrey. The Economic Function of Futures Markets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, viii + 260 pp., $39.50 pp. 722

Todd E. Petzel

Volume 69, issue 2, 1987

Institutional Change in the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community pp. 213-222

Carlisle Runge and Harald von Witzke

The EEC's Wheat Price Policies and International Trade in Differentiated Products pp. 223-229

Harry de Gorter and Karl Meilke

Agricultural Price Policy in General Equilibrium Models: Results and Comparisons pp. 230-246

Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

Potential Benefits of Agricultural Research and Extension in Peru pp. 247-257

George Norton, Victor G. Ganoza and Carlos Pomareda

Substitutability for Farm Commodities: The Demand for U.S. Tobacco in Cigarette Manufacturing pp. 258-265

Daniel Sumner and Julian Alston

Bootstrapping Confidence Intervals: An Application to Forecasting the Supply of Pork pp. 266-273

David M. Prescott and Thanasis Stengos

Household Consumption of Food-Away-From-Home: Total Expenditure and by Type of Food Facility pp. 274-284

Vicki McCracken and Jon A. Brandt

Asymmetry in Farm-Retail Price Transmission for Major Dairy Products pp. 285-292

Henry Kinnucan and Olan D. Forker

Time and the Recreational Demand Model pp. 293-302

Nancy E. Bockstael, Ivar E. Strand and Michael Hanemann

The Political Economy of Western Water Finance: Cost Allocation and the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project pp. 303-310

Jon R. Miller

Land Ownership Security and Farm Investment in Thailand pp. 311-320

Gershon Feder and Tongroj Onchan

The Distribution of Gains from Technological Advance When Input Quality Varies pp. 321-327

Susan E. Offutt, Philip Garcia and Musa Pinar

The Production Structure and Demand for Labor in Postwar Japanese Agriculture, 1952–82 pp. 328-337

Yoshimi Kuroda

Extension Program Evaluation Using Normative Decision Models pp. 338-348

Thomas O. Knight, S. R. Johnson and Robert M. Finley

Fertilization under Uncertainty: An Analysis Based on Producer Yield Expectations pp. 349-357

S. SriRamaratnam, David Bessler, M. Edward Rister, John E. Matocha and James Novak

Dynamic Analysis of Income Taxes on Farm Firms pp. 358-368

Sermin D. Hardesty, Hoy Carman and Charles V. Moore

Tax Policies and the Financially Constrained Farm Household pp. 369-377

Robert G. Chambers and Ramon Lopez

An Analogy between Risk Aversion and Homothetic Production under Certainty pp. 378-381

Rulon D. Pope

On Moral Hazard and Cost Sharing under Sharecropping pp. 382-383

Pranab Bardhan and Nirvikar Singh

A Structural View of Policy Issues in African Agricultural Development: Comment pp. 384-388

Maurice Schiff

A Structural View of Policy Issues in African Agricultural Development: Reply pp. 389-391

Christopher L. Delgado and John W. Mellor

An Opportunity Cost View of Fixed Asset Theory and the Overproduction Trap: Comment pp. 392-394

Garnett Bradford

Inventing New Institutions: The Design Perspective pp. 395-402

Leonid Hurwicz

Institutional Change in Intellectual Property Rights pp. 403-409

R. E. Evenson and Jonathan D. Putnam

The Household Responsibility System Reform in China: A Peasant's Institutional Choice pp. 410-415

Justin Lin

Institutional Design and Innovation: Discussion pp. 416-417

David Feeny

Institutional Design and Innovation: Discussion pp. 418-419

Liang-Shing Fan

Potential Economic Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology pp. 420-425

Robert J. Kalter and Loren W. Tauer

Policy Implications of Agricultural Biotechnology pp. 426-431

Darrell L. Hueth and Richard Just

Property Rights in Plants: Implications for Biotechnology Research and Extension pp. 432-437

Judith I. Stallmann and Allan Schmid

The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Discussion pp. 438-439

Walter L. Fishel

The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Discussion pp. 440-442

Luther Tweeten and Mike Welsh

Domestic and Export Demand for U.S. Agricultural Products pp. 443-447

Lester H. Myers, James Blaylock and T. Kelly White

Impact of Emerging Technologies on Food and Agricultural Productive Capacity pp. 448-453

Michael J. Phillips and Yao-chi Lu

Optional Uses for Excess Resources in U.S. Agriculture pp. 454-458

Joseph C. Purcell

Domestic and Export Demand for U.S. Agricultural Products: Discussion pp. 459-460

Jimmye S. Hillman

Impacts of Emerging Technologies on Food and Agricultural Productive Capacity: Discussion pp. 461-462

B. R. Eddleman

Optional Uses for Excess Resources in U.S. Agriculture: Discussion pp. 463-464

Verner G. Hurt

An Econometric Analysis of the Effects of Human Capital on Size and Growth among Dairy Farms pp. 465-470

Daniel Sumner and James D. Leiby

Size Distribution and Growth in a Sample of Illinois Cash Grain Farms pp. 471-476

Philip Garcia, Susan E. Offutt and Steven T. Sonka

Farm Size and Growth in Canada pp. 477-483

Daniel Shapiro, Ray D. Bollman and Philip Ehrensaft

Empirical Analysis of the Size Distribution of Farms: Discussion pp. 484-485

David Evans

Empirical Analysis of the Size Distribution of Farms: Discussion pp. 486-487

Bronwyn Hall

Andrae, Gunilla, and Björn Beckman. The Wheat Trap. London: Zed Books, Ltd., 1986, xi + 180 pp., $29.95, $10.95 paper pp. 488-489

Sylvia Lane

Anderson, Lee G. The Economics of Fisheries Management, rev. ed. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986, xx + 296 pp., $29.95 pp. 488

Fred L. Olson

Berg, Robert J., and Jennifer S. Whitaker, eds. Strategies for African Development. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, xii + 603 pp., $39.50, $15.95 paper pp. 489-490

Lane E. Holdcroft

Csizmadia, Erno, and Magda Szekely. Food Economy in Hungary. Budapest, Hungary: Akademiai Kiado, 1986, 218 pp., price unknown pp. 490-491

D. Lynn Forster

Debertin, David L. Agricultural Production Economics. New York: Macmillan Co., 1986, xviii + 366 pp., $30.00 pp. 491-492

Sandra Archibald

Hart, Gillian. Power, Labor, and Livelihood: Processes of Change in Rural Java. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, xvi + 228 pp., $30.00 pp. 492-493

Laurian Unnevehr

Martin, Gerald G., ed. Traditional Agriculture in Southeast Asia: A Human Ecology Perspective. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1986, xxvi + 358 pp., $36.50 pp. 493-495

Sam H. Johnson

Nakajima, Chihiro. Subjective Equilibrium Theory of the Farm Household. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Publishers B.V., 1986, xii + 302 pp., $57.50 pp. 495-497

Pan A. Yotopoulos

Reynolds, Lloyd G. Economic Growth in the Third World: An Introduction. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 1986, viii + 149 pp., $7.95 pp. 497-498

David Jessee

Singh, Inderjit, Lyn Squire, and John Strauss, eds. Agricultural Household Models: Extensions, Applications, and Policy. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press for the World Bank, 1986, xi + 335 pp., $34.50 pp. 498-500

Michael Carter

Schaeffer, Franky. Is Capitalism Christian? Westchester IL: Good News Publishers, 1985, xxix + 461 pp., $9.95 pp. 498

T. T. Williams

Svobida, Lawrence. Farming the Dust Bowl. Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas, 1986, 255 pp., $7.95 pp. 500-501

Philip Raup

Workman, John P. Range Economics. New York: Macmillan Co., 1986, xvi + 217 pp., $34.50 pp. 501

Myles J. Watts

Volume 69, issue 1, 1987

Rent Seeking in International Trade: The Great Tomato War pp. 1-10

Maury Bredahl, Andrew Schmitz and Jimmye S. Hillman

Dominant Forms of Corporate Control in the U.S. Agribusiness Sector pp. 11-21

Julie Caswell

Adjustment Costs and Rational Expectations: An Application to a Tobacco Export Model pp. 22-29

George P. Zanias

The Poultry Market: Demand Stability and Industry Structure pp. 30-37

Walter Thurman

Hedging with Options under Variance Uncertainty: An Illustration of Pricing New-Crop Soybeans pp. 38-45

Robert J. Hauser and Dane K. Andersen

Offshore Commodity Hedging under Floating Exchange Rates pp. 46-55

Stanley Thompson and Gary E. Bond

Bee Pollination and Productivity Growth: The Case of Alfalfa pp. 56-63

Alan Olmstead and Donald B. Wooten

A Farm Firm Model of Machinery Investment Decisions pp. 64-77

Donald W. Reid and Garnett L. Bradford

Multiple Objectives in Agricultural Planning: A Compromise Programming Application pp. 78-86

Carlos Romero, Francisco Amador and Antonio Barco

Toward an Appropriate Measure of Uncertainty in a Risk Programming Model pp. 87-96

William T. McSweeny, David E. Kenyon and Randall Kramer

Dynamic Equilibrium in Markets for Perennial Crops pp. 97-105

Keith Knapp

Energy Conservation and Rebates in Commercial Food Enterprises pp. 106-114

Kenneth Train and Judi E. Strebel

Income Effects of Donated Commodities in Rural Panama pp. 115-122

David L. Franklin, Marielouise W. Harrell and Jerry B. Leonard

Optimal Control of Irrigation Scheduling Using a Random Time Frame pp. 123-133

J. Thomas McGuckin, Craig Mapel, Robert Lansford and Ted Sammis

Computation Techniques for Intertemporal Allocation of Natural Resources pp. 134-142

Duane Chapman

Reducing Moral Hazard Associated with Implied Warranties of Animal Health pp. 143-150

Terence Centner and Michael E. Wetzstein

Applying Theil's Multinomial Extension of the Linear Logit Model to Meat Expenditure Data pp. 151-157

Ronald Bewley and Trevor Young

Technical Change, Uncertainty, and Investment pp. 158-165

Spiro Stefanou

Agricultural Economists in the Information Age: Awareness, Usage, and Attitudes toward Electronic Bibliographic Databases pp. 166-173

Roger A. Dahlgran

A Note from the Editor pp. 174-175

Peter J. Barry

Agricultural Productive and Consumptive Use Components of Rural Land Values in Texas: Comment pp. 176-178

Rangesan Narayanan and Ronald L. Shane

Agricultural Productive and Consumptive Use Components of Rural Land Values in Texas: Reply pp. 179-181

C. Pope

Welfare Evaluations in Contingent Valuation Experiments with Discrete Responses: Comment pp. 182-184

John Kushman

Welfare Evaluations in Contingent Valuation Experiments with Discrete Responses: Reply pp. 185-186

Michael Hanemann

Least-Cost Subsidization Alternatives: Comment pp. 187

GianCarlo Moschini

Estimating Substitution and Expansion Effects: Comment pp. 188-192

Thomas Hertel

Estimating Substitution and Expansion Effects: Reply pp. 193

Ramon Lopez

Angell, George. Agricultural Options: Trading Puts and Calls in the New Grain and Livestock Futures Markets. New York: American Management Association, 1986, ix + 230 pp., $22.95 pp. 194

Scott Irwin and Carl Zulauf

Desai, D. K., and N. T. Patel. Agricultural Research Management: Case Studies of Operational Research Projects of ICAR. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 1986, xx + 212 pp., Rs. 75.00 pp. 195-196

Faqir Singh Bagi

Colburn, Forest D. Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, 145 pp., $17.50 pp. 195

Philip F. Warnken

Hughes, Dean W., Stephen C. Gabriel, Peter J. Barry, and Michael D. Boehlje. Financing the Agricultural Sector: Future Challenges and Policy Alternatives. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1986, 200 pp., $24.85 pp. 196-197

Sermin D. Hardesty

James, Sydney C., and Everett Stoneberg. Farm Accounting and Business Analysis, rev. ed, Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1986, vii + 312 pp., $28.95 pp. 197-198

Reed D. Taylor

Jones, James R., ed, East-West Agricultural Trade. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1986, xvii + 256 pp., $27.50 pp. 198-199

Eric Monke

Kay, Ronald D. Farm Management: Planning, Control, and Implementation, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hili Book Co., 1986, xii + 401 pp., $32.95 pp. 199-200

Kenneth W. Paxton

Klein, K. K., and W. H. Furtan, eds. Economics of Agricultural Research in Canada. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1986, xvi + 188 pp., $14.95 pp. 200-201

Murray Hawkins

Koch, A. Robert. Economic Principles: Growth and Environment. Westport CT: AVI Publishing Co., 1986, 212 pp., $25.00 pp. 201-202

Patricia McLean-Meyinsse

Penson, John, Rulon Pope, and Michael Cook. Introduction to Agricultural Economics. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986, xvi + 566 pp., $29.95 pp. 202-203

Bryan Schurle

Poppendieck, Janet. Breadlines Kneedeep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986, xvii + 306 pp., $30.00 pp. 203

Larry Witt

Runge, C. Ford, ed, The Future of the North American Granary: Politics, Economics, and Resource Constraints in North American Agriculture. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1986, xx + 238 pp., $21.50 pp. 204-205

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Donald C. Taylor

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