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Volume 68, issue 5, 1986

Megatrends Affecting Agriculture: Implications for Agricultural Economics pp. 1053-1064

Joseph Havlicek

A Century of Science in Agriculture: Lessons for Science Policy pp. 1065-1080

James T. Bonnen

Genetic Engineering Applied to Agriculture: Opportunities and Concerns pp. 1081-1087

Winston J. Brill

Reexamining Agricultural Policy: Selected Issues and Alternatives pp. 1088-1095

Randall Kramer

Agricultural Factions pp. 1096-1101

Rulon D. Pope

Focusing on the Specific Problems of Agriculture: A Fresh Look at an Old Policy Approach pp. 1102-1108

Willard Cochrane

Agricultural Policy: Where Do We Go from Here? Discussion pp. 1109-1112

Susan E. Offutt

The Present Status of Objective Social Indicators: A Review of Theory and Measurement pp. 1113-1120

Karl A. Fox

Microeconomic Indicators of the Farm Sector and Policy Implications pp. 1121-1129

Kenneth Baum and James D. Johnson

Economic and Social Indicators for the Farm Sector: Discussion pp. 1130-1131

John Antle and Raymond Kopp

Economic and Social Indicators for the Farm Sector: Discussion pp. 1132-1134

Leroy J. Hushak

Economic Factors Shaping Western Water Allocation pp. 1135-1142

Henry J. Vaux

Why Are There So Few Transactions among Water Users? pp. 1143-1151

Robert A. Young

Evolving Water Institutions in an Urbanizing West: Discussion pp. 1152-1154

William E. Martin

Vertical Integration in Agricultural and Food Marketing pp. 1155-1160

Richard L. Kilmer

Responses to Forces Shaping Agricultural Marketing: Contracting pp. 1161-1166

Lee F. Schrader

Cooperatives and the Forces Shaping Agricultural Marketing pp. 1167-1172

Richard J. Sexton

Responses to Forces Shaping Agricultural Marketing: Discussion pp. 1173-1174

Bernard L. Sanders

Economic Linkages between Agriculture and Other Sectors within Rural America pp. 1175-1180

Daniel M. Otto

Changes in Income Sources in Rural America pp. 1181-1187

Glen C. Pulver and Glenn Rogers

Fiscal Stress in Rural America: Some Straws in the Wind pp. 1188-1193

James Hite and Holley Ulbrich

The Changing Face of Rural America: Discussion pp. 1194-1195

Russell Youmans

U.S. Agriculture in a General Equilibrium Framework: Analysis with a Social Accounting Matrix pp. 1196-1207

Irma Adelman and Sherman Robinson

Optimal Control of General Equilibrium Models pp. 1208-1211

John Derpanopoulos

CGE Models and Development Policy Analysis: Problems, Pitfalls, and Challenges pp. 1212-1216

Ramon L. Clarete and James Roumasset

Doable General Equilibrium Models: Discussion pp. 1217-1218

S. R. Johnson

Optimal Control of General Equilibrium Models: Discussion pp. 1219-1221

Richard E. Howitt

Doable General Equilibrium Models: Discussion pp. 1222-1224

Thomas Hertel

Regulating Pollution Sources under a Differential Groundwater Protection Strategy pp. 1225-1228

Robert Shafer Raucher

Interdependent Risk and Institutional Coordination for Nonpoint Externalities in Groundwater pp. 1229-1233

J. Walter Milon

Sources of Uncertainty in Economic Analyses of Management Strategies for Controlling Groundwater Contamination pp. 1234-1239

Walter O. Spofford, Alan J. Krupnick and Eric F. Wood

Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Dietary Status: An Appraisal pp. 1240-1246

Karen J. Morgan

Existing Food Policies and Their Relationship to Hunger and Nutrition pp. 1247-1252

Joyce E. Allen and Doris Epson Newton

Needed Directions in Domestic Food Assistance Policies and Programs pp. 1253-1257

Carlton G. Davis and Benjamin Senauer

Hunger and Nutrition in America: Discussion pp. 1258-1260

Christine K. Ranney

Risk Sharing in the Design of Environmental Policy pp. 1261-1265

Kathleen Segerson

Designing Public Policy toward Hazardous Wastes: The Role of Administrative Regulations and Legal Liability Rules pp. 1266-1271

Gary V. Johnson and Thomas S. Ulen

On the Evaluation of Government Programs to Reduce Environmental Risk pp. 1272-1275

Jon M. Conrad

Liability Rules and Risk Sharing in Environmental and Resource Policy: Discussion pp. 1276-1278

Robert Cooter

International Capital Flows and Agricultural Exports pp. 1279-1285

John Dutton, Thomas Grennes and Paul R. Johnson

The Latin American Debt Burden: Consequences for International Adjustment and Agricultural Trade pp. 1286-1291

S. Elaine Grigsby and Emilio Pagoulatos

International Borrowing and Agricultural Export Markets: Discussion pp. 1292-1294

Terry Roe

International Borrowing and Agricultural Export Markets: Discussion pp. 1295-1296

Won W. Koo

Restructuring Agricultural Economics Extension to Meet Changing Needs pp. 1297-1306

Ronald D. Knutson

Restructuring Agricultural Economics Extension to Meet Changing Needs: Discussion pp. 1307-1309

Michael L. Cook

Restructuring Agricultural Economics Extension to Meet Changing Needs: Discussion pp. 1310-1312

Vernon Eidman

Restructuring Agricultural Economics Extension to Meet Changing Needs: Discussion pp. 1313-1315

Lawrence W. Libby

Restructuring Agricultural Economics Extension to Meet Changing Needs: Discussion pp. 1316-1318

J. Michael Sprott

Nonfarm Equity in Agriculture: Past, Present, and Future pp. 1319-1323

John R. Fiske, Marvin Batte and Warren F. Lee

Analysis of Nonfarm Equity Forms of Investment Applicable to Agriculture pp. 1324-1329

Stephen F. Matthews and David H. Harrington

Market Requirements and Pricing for External Equity Shares in Farm Businesses pp. 1330-1336

Robert A. Collins and H. Joseph Bourn

Use of Equity Capital in Financing Future Agricultural Production: Discussion pp. 1337-1339

Philip Raup

The Conditions for Harmony between Third World Agricultural Development and U.S. Farm Exports pp. 1340-1346

Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

The Effects of Agricultural Growth on Agricultural Imports in Developing Countries pp. 1347-1352

Earl Kellogg, Richard Kodl and Philip Garcia

Farm Development in Poor Countries: The Disputed Consequences for U.S. Farm Trade pp. 1353-1357

Robert L. Paarlberg

Third World Development and Trade: Discussion pp. 1358-1359

Tesfa G. Ghebremedhin

Third World Development and Trade: Discussion pp. 1360-1361

E. Wesley Peterson

Forward Pricing Strategies for the South Central Illinois Corn Producer pp. 1395-1400

Sharon K. Rich

Volume 68, issue 4, 1986

The Effects of Tax Policy on Aggregate Agricultural Investment pp. 767-777

Michael LeBlanc and James Hrubovcak

Distributional Welfare Implications of an Irrigation Water Subsidy pp. 778-786

William Foster, Linda Calvin, Grace M. Johns and Patricia Rottschaefer

Evaluating Institutional Alternatives for Managing an Interrelated Stream-Aquifer System pp. 787-797

Robert A. Young, Hubert J. Morel-Seytoux and John T. Daubert

The Effects of Well Depth and Land Quality on the Choice of Irrigation Technology pp. 798-811

Margriet F. Caswell and David Zilberman

Land Quality and Prices pp. 812-819

Willis Peterson

Domestic Farm Policy and the Gains from Trade pp. 820-827

Andrew Schmitz, Dale Sigurdson and Otto Doering

Farm Debt, Default, and Foreclosure: An Economic Rationale for Policy Action pp. 828-837

Howard Leathers and Jean-Paul Chavas

The Impact of Farmland Price Changes on Farm Size and Financial Structure pp. 838-848

J. DeBoer-Lowenberg and Michael Boehlje

Analyzing Equity Capital Programs of Banks for Cooperatives pp. 849-856

Ismail Ahmad, Ken D. Duft and Ron Mittelhammer

Expenditure Constraints and Profit Maximization in U.S. Agriculture pp. 857-865

Hyunok Lee and Robert G. Chambers

Implications of Private Salmon Aquaculture on Prices, Production, and Management of Salmon Resources pp. 866-879

James Anderson and James Wilen

Cross-Compliance as a Soil Conservation Strategy: A Case Study pp. 880-885

Sandra S. Batie and Alyson G. Sappington

The Benefits of Pollution Control: The Case of Ozone and U.S. Agriculture pp. 886-893

R. M. Adams, S. A. Hamilton and Bruce McCarl

An Empirical Analysis of Intertemporal and Demographic Variations in Consumer Preferences pp. 894-907

Mary F. Kokoski

Prices and Quality Effects in Cross-Sectional Demand Analysis pp. 908-919

Thomas L. Cox and Michael Wohlgenant

The Effect of the Value of Time on Food Consumption Patterns in Developing Countries: Evidence from Sri Lanka pp. 920-927

Benjamin Senauer, David Sahn and Harold Alderman

Multiproduct Cost Relationships for Retail Fertilizer Plants pp. 928-938

Jay Akridge and Thomas Hertel

Dynamic Input Decisions in Econometric Production Models pp. 939-949

John Antle and Stephen A. Hatchett

Investment in U.S. Agriculture pp. 950-960

Utpal Vasavada and Robert G. Chambers

Food Pricing Policy in Developing Countries: Bias against Agriculture or for Urban Consumers? pp. 961-969

Derek Byerlee and Gustavo Sain

A Variance Components Approach to Food Grain Market Integration in Northern Nigeria pp. 970-979

Christopher L. Delgado

Choice of Depreciation Methods for Farm Firms pp. 980-989

Wesley Musser, Bernard V. Tew and Fred C. White

A Critique of Exchange Rate Treatment in Agricultural Trade Models: Comment pp. 990-993

David Orden

A Critique of Exchange Rate Treatment in Agricultural Trade Models: Reply pp. 994-997

Robert G. Chambers and Richard Just

Increasing Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comment pp. 998-999

Arthur J. Dommen

Heterogenous Expectations and Farmland Prices: Comment pp. 1000-1002

Kuo-Ching Lin and E. C. Pasour

Heterogenous Expectations and Farmland Prices: Reply pp. 1003-1006

Keith C. Brown and Deborah J. Brown

A Reformulation of the Portfolio Model of Hedging: Comment pp. 1007-1009

Kandice H. Kahl

A Reformulation of the Portfolio Model of Hedging: Reply pp. 1010-1012

Stewart L. Brown

Cross Compliance for Erosion Control: Anticipating Efficiency and Distributive Impacts: Comment pp. 1013-1015

Richard T. Clark and Daryll D. Raitt

Cross Compliance for Erosion Control: Anticipating Efficiency and Distributive Impacts: Reply pp. 1016-1017

David E. Ervin, William D. Heffernan and Gary P. Green

U.S. Demand for Selected Groundfish Products, 1967–80: Comment pp. 1018-1020

Stephen R. Crutchfield

U.S. Demand for Selected Groundfish Products, 1967–80: Comment pp. 1021-1024

Biing-Hwan Lin, Richard S. Johnston and R. Bruce Rettig

U.S. Demand for Selected Groundfish Products, 1967–80: Reply pp. 1025-1027

Eugene Tsoa, William E. Schrank and Noel Roy

Residual Supplier Model of Coarse Grains Trade: Comment pp. 1028-1029

Edward O. Fryar

Barlowe, Raleigh. Land Resource Economics: The Economics of Real Estate, 4th ed. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986, x + 559 pp., $31.95 pp. 1030

Paul W. Barkley

Brown, Lester R., Edward C. Wolf, Linda Starke, William D. Chandler, Christopher Flavin, Sandra Postel, and Cynthia Pollock. State of the World 1986—A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society. New York: W. M. Norton & Co., 1986, 263 pp., $9.95 pp. 1031-1033

David J. Allee

Barzelay, Michael. The Politicized Market Economy: Alcohol in Brazil's Energy Strategy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, xiv + 289 pp., $32.50 pp. 1031

Edward Allen

Canter, Larry W., Samuel F. Atkinson, and F. Larry Leistritz. Impact of Growth: A Guide for Socio-Economic Assessment and Planning. Chelsea MI: Lewis Publishers, 1985, xxvi + 533 pp., $49.95 pp. 1033-1034

Leroy J. Hushak

Curry Foundation. Confrontation or Negotiation: United States Policy and European Agriculture. New York: Associated Faculty Press, 1985, xvi + 303 pp., $27.50 pp. 1034-1036

Charles E. Hanrahan

Fomby, Thomas B., Carter Hill, and Stanley R. Johnson. Advanced Econometric Methods. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1984, xix + 624 pp., $54.00 pp. 1036

Lester V. Manderscheid

Forbes, J. D. Institutions and Influence Groups in Canadian Farm and Food Policy. Toronto: The Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1985, 131 pp., $13.00 pp. 1037-1038

Mary Anne Normile

Gever, John, Robert Kaufmann, David Skole, and Charles Vorosmarty. Beyond Oil: The Threat to Food and Fuel in the Coming Decades. (A Project of Carrying Capacity, Inc.) Cambridge MA: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1986, xxxi + 304 pp., $34.95, $14.95 paper pp. 1038-1039

Gary C. Taylor

Grindle, Merilee S. State and Countryside: Development Policy and Agrarian Politics in Latin America. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986, xi + 255 pp., $25.00, $11.95 paper pp. 1039-1040

John Bailey

Hazell, Peter, Carlos Pomareda, and Alberto Valdes, eds. Crop Insurance for Agricultural Development: Issues and Experience. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986, xvii + 322 pp., $32.50 pp. 1040-1041

David Freshwater and David Trechter

Johnson, D. Gale, Kenzo Hemmi, and Pierre Lardinois. Agricultural Policy and Trade: Adjusting Domestic Progams in an International Framework. New York: New York University Press, 1985, xi + 132 pp., $25.00 pp. 1041-1043

Walter Gardiner

Koo, Won W., and Donald W. Larson, eds. Transportation Models for Agricultural Products. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1985, xxi + 211 pp., $25.00 pp. 1043

J. Michael Harris

Labys, Walter C., and Peter K. Pollak. Commodity Models for Forecasting and Policy Analysis. New York: Nichols Publishing Co., 1984, vi + 209 pp., $38.50 pp. 1043-1044

J. Douglas Gordon

McCloskey, Donald N. The Rhetoric of Economics. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985, xx + 209 pp., $21.50 pp. 1044-1045

James D. Shaffer

Marion, Bruce W., and NC-117 Committee. The Organization and Performance of the U.S. Food System. Lexington MA: Lexington Books, 1986, xxxviii + 532 pp., $39.00 pp. 1045-1047

Douglas F. Greer

Sanderson, Steven E. The Transformation of Mexican Agriculture: International Structure and the Politics of Rural Change. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986, xxii + 324 pp., $42.00, $10.95 paper pp. 1047-1049

Myles J. Mielke

Muir, James F., and Ronald J. Roberts, eds. Recent Advances in Aquaculture, vol. 2. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1985, 282 pp., $42.00 pp. 1047

Thomas L. Wellborn

Weber, Adolf, and Manfred Sievers. Instability in World Food Production: Statistical Analysis, Graphical Presentation and Interpretation. Kiel, West Germany: Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel, 1985, xv + 154 pp., $30.00 pp. 1049-1050

James Cole

World Bank, East Asia and Pacific Regional Office. China: Long-Term Issue and Options. Annex B—Agriculture to the Year 2000: Prospects and Options. Washington DC: World Bank (BK0601), 1985, xxi + 144 pp., $14.95 paper pp. 1050-1051

Frederic Surls M.

Volume 68, issue 3, 1986

Farmers' Stepwise Adoption of Technological Packages: Evidence from the Mexican Altiplano pp. 519-527

Derek Byerlee and Edith Hesse de Polanco

Oligopolistic Behavior by Public Agencies in International Trade: The World Wheat Market pp. 528-542

Philip L. Paarlberg and Philip Abbott

The Structure of Constant Elasticity Demand Models pp. 543-552

Jeffrey LaFrance

Cycles in Agricultural Production: The Case of Aquaculture pp. 553-561

Larry Karp, Arye Sadeh and Wade L. Griffin

Seasonality in the Consumer Response to Milk Advertising with Implications for Milk Promotion Policy pp. 562-571

Henry Kinnucan and Olan D. Forker

A Confusion of Agricultural Economists?—A Professional Interest Survey and Essay pp. 572-594

Rulon D. Pope and Arne Hallam

Ranking of Agricultural Economics Departments by Citations pp. 595-604

Richard P. Beilock, Leo C. Polopolus and Mario Correal

The Costs of Equal Land Distribution: The Case of the Israeli Moshavim pp. 605-614

Peter Berck and Amnon Levy

Testing Long-Run Productivity Models for the Canadian and U.S. Agricultural Sectors pp. 615-625

Susan M. Capalbo and Michael G. S. Denny

Prices as Proxies for Prices pp. 626-633

Peter V. Garrod and Roland Roberts

Consumer Demand for Rice Grain Quality and Returns to Research for Quality Improvement in Southeast Asia pp. 634-641

Laurian Unnevehr

Cost-Sharing Arrangements under Sharecropping: Moral Hazard, Incentive Flexibility, and Risk pp. 642-652

Avishay Braverman and Joseph Stiglitz

Rate Making for Farm-Level Crop Insurance: Implications for Adverse Selection pp. 653-659

Jerry R. Skees and Michael Reed

Theoretical and Empirical Specifications Issues in Travel Cost Demand Studies pp. 660-667

Mary Jo Kealy and Bishop Richard C.

The Relative Efficiency of Agricultural Source Water Pollution Control Policies pp. 668-677

James Shortle and James W. Dunn

Optimal Governing Instrument, Operation Level, and Enforcement in Natural Resource Regulation: The Case of the Fishery pp. 678-690

Lee G. Anderson and Dwight R. Lee

Investment and Disinvestment Principles with Nonconstant Prices and Varying Firm Size Applied to Beef-Breeding Herds pp. 691-703

James N. Trapp

Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Approximately Optimal Control of Corn Rootworm and Soybean Cyst Nematode pp. 704-715

Thomas P. Zacharias and Arthur H. Grube

Input and Marketing Economies: Impact on Structural Change in Cotton Farming on the Texas High Plains pp. 716-720

Edward G. Smith, Ronald D. Knutson and James Richardson

A Note on Qualitative Forecast Evaluation pp. 721-726

Gopal Naik and Raymond M. Leuthold

An Alternative Approach to Decisions under Uncertainty Using the Empirical Moment-Generating Function pp. 727-731

Robert Collender and James A. Chalfant

Small-Sample Evaluation of Mean-Variance Production Function Estimators pp. 732-738

Steven T. Buccola and Bruce McCarl

An Economic Model of Soil Conservation: Comment pp. 739-742

Clyde Kiker and Gary Lynne

An Economic Model of Soil Conservation: Reply pp. 743-744

K. E. McConnell

A General Measure of Output-Variable Input Demand Elasticities: Comment pp. 745-746

Richard N. Boisvert

Armbruster, Walter J., and Lester H. Myers, eds. Research on Effectiveness of Agricultural Commodity Promotion. Oak Brook IL: Farm Foundation, 1985, 213 pp., free or charge pp. 747-748

John P. Nichols

Bergsten, C. Fred, and William R. Cline. The United States-Japan Economic Problem. Washington DC: Institute for International Economics, 1985, x + 164 pp., $10.00 pp. 748-749

James R. Jones

Chuta, Enyinna, and Carl Leidholm. Employment and Growth in Small-Scale Industry: Empirical Evidence and Policy Assessment from Sierra Leone. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985, xviii + 179 pp., $29.95 pp. 749-751

M. Elizabeth O'Malley

Denison, Edward F. Trends in American Economic Growth, 1929–1982. Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, 1985, xxv + 141 pp., price unknown pp. 751-752

Roger K. Conway

El-Swaify, S. A., W. C. Moldenhauer, and Andrew Lo. Soil Erosion and Conservation. Ankeny IA: Soil Conservation Society of America, 1985, 793 pages, $35.00 pp. 752-753

John D. Sutton

Duerr, William A. Forestry Economics as Problem Solving. Distributed by Orange Student Book Store, 175 Marshall St., Syracuse NY 13210, 1986, xii + 446 pp., $17.65 pp. 752

Dean N. Quinney

Fox, Karl A. Social System Accounts: Linking Social and Economic Indicators Through Tangible Behavior Settings. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1985, xv + 221 pp., $29.00 pp. 753-754

Rueben C. Buse and A. C. Johnson

Grigg, David. The World Food Problem, 1950–1980. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985, 276 pp., $39.95 pp. 754-755

Joseph W. Willett

Halcrow, Harold. Agricultural Policy Analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1984, vii + 342 pp., $34.95 pp. 755-756

Daryll E. Ray

Hayami, Yujiro, and Vernon W. Ruttan. Agricultural Development: An International Perspective (revised and expanded). Baltimore MD, and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, xxi + 506 pp., $18.95 paper pp. 756-757

Darrell F. Fienup

Helms, Douglas, and Susan L. Flader, eds. The History of Soil and Water Conservation. Washington DC: Sponsored by the Agricultural History Society; University of California Press, 1985, 244 pp., $15.00 pp. 757-760

William Dyer Anderson

Johansson, Per-Olov, and Karl-Gustav Lofgren. The Economics of Forestry and Natural Resources. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1985, xiii + 292 pp., $49.95 pp. 760

Frederick Norbury

Marris, Stephen. Deficits and the Dollar: The World Economy at Risk. Washington DC: Institute for International Economics, 1985, xxxvii + 343 pp., $15.00 pp. 760-761

Michael Belongia

Matthews, Alan. The Common Agricultural Policy and the Less Developed Countries. Dublin, Ireland: Gill and Macmillan, 1985, xiii + 268 pp., £20.00 pp. 761-762

E. Wesley Peterson

Mellor, John W., and Gunvant M. Desai, eds. Agricultural Change and Rural Poverty: Variations on a Theme by Dharam Narain. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, xix + 223 pp., $24.95 pp. 762-764

Romesh K. Diwan

U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture, OTA-F-285. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, March 1986, vi + 374 pp., $13.00 pp. 764-766

Fred Kuchler and Susan Offutt

Volume 68, issue 2, 1986

Cooperatives' Tax "Advantages": Growth, Retained Earnings, and Equity Rotation pp. 207-213

Richard E. Caves and Bruce Petersen

The Formation of Cooperatives: A Game-Theoretic Approach with Implications for Cooperative Finance, Decision Making, and Stability pp. 214-225

Richard J. Sexton

Freight Charge Variations in Truck Transport Markets: Price Discrimination or Competitive Pricing? pp. 226-236

Richard Beilock, Peter Garrod and Walter Miklius

A Portfolio Analysis of Poor Rural Wage-Working Families' Assets and Debts pp. 237-245

Keith W. Bryant

U.S.-Mexican Trade in Winter Vegetables and Illegal Immigration pp. 246-260

S. J. Torok and Wallace Huffman

The Econometrics of Damage Control: Why Specification Matters pp. 261-273

Erik Lichtenberg and David Zilberman

Economic Impact of Public Pest Information: Soybean Insect Forecasts in Illinois pp. 274-279

L. Joe Moffitt, Richard L. Farnsworth, Luis R. Zavaleta and Marcos Kogan

A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods for Estimating Environmental Benefits pp. 280-290

V. Smith, William H. Desvousges and Ann Fisher

The Travel Cost Model for Lake Recreation: A Comparison of Two Methods for Incorporating Site Quality and Substitution Effects pp. 291-297

Peter P. Caulkins, Richard C. Bishop and Nicolaas W. Bouwes

A Stochastic Dominance Comparison of Water-Conserving Irrigation Strategies pp. 298-305

Thomas Harris and Harry P. Mapp

The Distribution of Economic Rents Arising from Subsidized Water When Land Is Leased pp. 306-312

Ray G. Huffaker and B. Delworth Gardner

Liquidation Bias in Futures Price Spreads pp. 313-321

Allen B. Paul

Adult Equivalent Scales Once More—A Developmental Approach pp. 322-333

John R. Tedford, Oral Capps and Joseph Havlicek

Testing for Nonnormality in Farm Net Returns pp. 334-343

Steven T. Buccola

Expectations and Commodity Price Dynamics: The Overshooting Model pp. 344-348

Jeffrey Frankel

Cross-Compliance for Erosion Control: Anticipating Efficiency and Distributive Impacts: Comment pp. 349-350

Stephen J. Dinehart

Cross-Compliance for Erosion Control: Anticipating Efficiency and Distributive Impacts: Reply pp. 351-352

David E. Ervin, William D. Heffernan and Gary P. Green

Testing Asset Fixity for U.S. Agriculture: Comment pp. 353-354

Tenpao Lee and C. Phillip Baumel

Testing Asset Fixity for U.S. Agriculture: Reply pp. 355-357

Utpal Vasavada and Robert G. Chambers

Soil Conservation with Uncertain Revenues and Input Supplies: Comment pp. 358-360

James Shortle and Spiro Stefanou

Soil Conservation with Uncertain Revenues and Input Supplies: Reply pp. 361-363

William T. McSweeny and Randall Kramer

Farm-Level Economics of Soil Conservation in the Palouse Area of the Northwest: Comment pp. 364-366

Daniel Taylor, Douglas L. Young, David J. Walker and Edgar L. Michalson

Farm-Level Economics of Soil Conservation in the Palouse Area of the Northwest: Reply pp. 367-369

Oscar R. Burt

Reliability of Linear Programming Software: An Experience with the IBM Mathematical Programming System Series: Comment pp. 370-372

V. A. Sposito and Burton English

Reliability of Linear Programming Software: An Experience with the IBM Mathematical Programming System Series: Reply pp. 373-374

Thomas F. Tice and Marilyn G. Kletke

Views on Agricultural Economics' Role in Economic Thought pp. 375-380

James P. Houck

Agricultural Economists as World Leaders in Applied Econometrics, 1917–33 pp. 381-386

Karl A. Fox

Future Challenges for Modeling in Agricultural Economics pp. 387-394

S. R. Johnson

Agricultural Economics, Contributions: Discussion pp. 395-396

D. Johnson

Agricultural Economics, Contributions: Discussion pp. 397-398

Marc Nerlove

Macroeconomic Linkages, Taxes, and Subsidies in the U.S. Agricultural Sector pp. 399-412

Gordon Rausser, James A. Chalfant, H. Love and Kostas G. Stamoulis

Some Political Economy Aspects of Macroeconomic Linkages with Agriculture pp. 413-417

Margaret Andrews and Gordon Rausser

Overshooting Agricultural Commodity Markets and Public Policy: Discussion pp. 418-419

Jeffrey Frankel

Overshooting Agricultural Commodity Markets and Public Policy: Discussion pp. 420-421

Maurice Obstfeld

Monetary Policy, Real Exchange Rates, and U.S. Agricultural Exports pp. 422-427

Dallas S. Batten and Michael Belongia

The Consequences of a Floating Exchange Rate for the U.S. Wheat Market pp. 428-433

Nancy E. Schwartz

The Effect of Exchange Rate Distortions on Grain Export Markets, The Case of Argentina pp. 434-440

S. E. Grigsby and Carlos Arnade

Public Policy, the Exchange Rate, and Agricultural Exports: Discussion pp. 441-442

Emilio Pagoulatos

Public Policy, the Exchange Rate, and Agricultural Exports: Discussion pp. 443-444

David Orden

Towards an Agricultural Economy for China in a New Age: Progress, Problems, Response, and Prospects pp. 445-450

Ruofeng Niu and Peter H. Calkins

Prospects and Some Policy Problems of Agricultural Development in China pp. 451-457

Nicholas R. Lardy

Prospects and Some Policy Problems of Agricultural Development in China: Discussion pp. 458-460

Terry Sicular

Prospects and Some Policy Problems of Agricultural Development in China: Discussion pp. 461-463

Charles Timmer

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Benefits of Air Pollution Control: A Review and Some Observations pp. 464-472

Richard M. Adams

The Cost of Abating Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Ozone Air Pollutants pp. 473-478

Lester Lave

Economic Evaluation of Air Pollution Damage and Control: Discussion pp. 479-481

Kathleen Segerson

Economic Evaluation of Air Pollution Damage and Control: Discussion pp. 482-484

Robert Mendelsohn

Ahmed, Iftikhar, ed. Technology and Rural Women: Conceptual and Empirical Issues. Winchester MA: Allen and Unwin, xvi + 383 pp., $28.50 pp. 485-486

Nadine R. Horenstein

Barker, Randolph, Robert W. Herdt, with Beth Rose. The Rice Economy of Asia. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1985, 324 pp., $30, $12 paper pp. 486-487

Sara J. Schwartz and Jitendar S. Mann

Bowler, Ian R. Agriculture Under the Common Agricultural Policy. Manchester U.K.: Manchester University Press, 1985, 255 pp., $27.50 and Clout, Hugh. A Rural Policy for the EEC? London: Methuen, 1984, 214 pp., $29.95, $12.95 paper pp. 487-488

Robert L. Paarlberg

Clawson, Marion. Shelter in America: Costs, Supply, Constraints, and the Role of Forests. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1985, xvi + 345 pp., $10.00 pp. 488-489

Carol B. Meeks

Csaki, Csaba. Simulation and Systems Analysis in Agriculture. Amsterdam and Budapest: Elsevier Science Publishers and Akademiai Kiado, 1985, 262 pp., $55.75 pp. 489-490

Douglas L. Maxwell

The Curry Foundation. Agriculture, Stability, and Growth: Toward a Cooperative Approach. New York: Associated Faculty Press, xii + 240 pp., $22.50 pp. 490-491

Dale E. Hathaway

De Haen, Hartwig, Glenn L. Johnson, and Stefan Tangermann, eds, Agriculture and International Relations; Analysis and Policy: Essays in Memory of Theodor Heidhues. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985, x + 306 pp., $27.50 pp. 491-492

Philip L. Paarlberg

Fair, Ray C. Specification, Estimation, and Analysis of Macroeconometric Models. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1984, 479 pp., $35.00 pp. 492-493

Clark Edwards

Fogel, Walter, ed. California Farm Labor Relations and Law. Los Angeles: Institute of Industrial Relations (UCLA), 1985, xxi + 225 pp., $10.00 pp. 494

Jack Runyan

Gardner, Bruce L., ed. U.S. Agricultural Policy: The 1985 Farm Legislation. Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1985, 385 pp., $12.95 pp. 494-496

Keith Collins

Griliches, Zvi, ed. R&D; Patents, and Productivity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984, xi + 512 pp., $50.00 pp. 496-498

John Lunn

Kaldor, Nicholas. Economics Without Equilibrium. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1985,79 pp., $12.50 pp. 498-499

James D. Shaffer

Ohkawa, Kazushi and Gustav Ranis, eds. Japan and the Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1985, viii + 456 pp., $45.00 pp. 499-500

James P. Houck

Pacey, Arnold, and Philip Payne, eds. Agricultural Development and Nutrition. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1985, by arrangement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Children's Fund, 255 pp., $25.00 pp. 500-502

Carol A. Goodloe

Schwarzweller, Harry K., ed. Research in Rural Sociology and Development, vol. 1, Focus on Agriculture. Greenwich CT: JAI Press, 1984, xvii + 353 pp., $47.50 pp. 502-504

Eugene A. Wilkening

Simpson, James R., Tadashi Yoshida, Akira Miyazaki, and Ryohei Kada. Technological Change in Japan's Beef Industry. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1985, xii + 264 pp., $26.50 pp. 504-505

James N. Trapp

Zysman, John. Governments, Markets and Growth. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 358 pp., $24.50 pp. 505-506

R. D. Peterson

Volume 68, issue 1, 1986

An Analysis of Growth of U.S. Farmland Prices, 1963–82 pp. 1-9

Julian Alston

Econometric Modeling of the Capitalization Formula for Farmland Prices pp. 10-26

Oscar R. Burt

Imperfectly Competitive Equilibria in International Commodity Markets pp. 27-36

Charles Kolstad and Anthony E. Burris

The Impact of Food Stamps on Food Expenditures: Rejection of the Traditional Model pp. 37-43

Benjamin Senauer and Nathan Young

A Nonlinear Programming Analysis of Production Response to Multiple Component Milk Pricing pp. 44-54

Jack J. Kirkland and Ron Mittelhammer

Aggregate Milk Supply Response and Investment Behavior on U.S. Dairy Farms pp. 55-66

Jean-Paul Chavas and Richard M. Klemme

The Determinants of Full-Empty Truck Movements pp. 67-76

Richard Beilock and Richard L. Kilmer

Cooperation and Part-Time Farming in the Israeli Moshav pp. 77-87

Joel M. Guttman and Nava Haruvi

Evaluating the Returns to Postharvest Research in the Florida Citrus-Processing Subsector pp. 88-94

H. A. Stranahan and J Shonkwiler

Competition from Fish Farming in Influencing Rent Dissipation: The Crawfish Fishery pp. 95-101

Frederick W. Bell

Testing Market Integration pp. 102-109

Martin Ravallion

Agricultural Credit Programs and Production Efficiency: An Analysis of Traditional Farming in Southeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil pp. 110-119

Timothy G. Taylor, H. Evan Drummond and Aloisio T. Gomes

To Violate or Not Violate the Law: An Example from Egyptian Agriculture pp. 120-126

Dyaa K. Abdou, B. Delworth Gardner and Richard Green

The Choice of Crop Rotation: A Modeling Approach and Case Study pp. 127-136

Talaat El-Nazer and Bruce McCarl

Risk Aversion versus Expected Profit Maximization with a Progressive Income Tax pp. 137-143

C. Robert Taylor

Forecasting Vector Autoregressions with Bayesian Priors pp. 144-151

David Bessler and John L. Kling

Risk Analysis with Single-Index Portfolio Models: An Application to Farm Planning pp. 152-161

Robert A. Collins and Peter J. Barry

A Note on the Use of the Cobb-Douglas Profit Function pp. 162-164

Ramesh Chand and J. L. Kaul

Welfare Implications of Oligopoly in U.S. Food Manufacturing: Comment pp. 165-167

Tim Hazledine and Sean Cahill

Welfare Implications of Oligopoly in U.S. Food Manufacturing: Reply pp. 168-169

Micha Gisser

A Model of Cooperative Finance: Comment pp. 170-172

Bruce L. Jones

A Model of Cooperative Finance: Reply pp. 173-176

John J. VanSickle and George W. Ladd

The Demand for Calories in Developing Countries: Comment pp. 177-179

Leon Podkaminer

The Demand for Calories in Developing Countries: Reply pp. 180-181

Odin K. Knudsen and Pasquale Scandizzo

The Adoption of Reduced Tillage: The Role of Human Capital and Other Variables: Comment pp. 182-183

John Braden and James S. Eales

The Adoption of Reduced Tillage: The Role of Human Capital and Other Variables: Reply pp. 184

Michael R. Rahm and Wallace Huffman

Participation in Farm Commodity Programs: A Stochastic Dominance Analysis: Comment pp. 185-188

Arthur H. Grube

Participation in Farm Commodity Programs: A Stochastic Dominance Analysis: Reply pp. 189-190

Randall Kramer and Rulon D. Pope

Beattie, Bruce R., and C. Robert Taylor. The Economics of Production. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985, xv + 258 pp., $38.95 pp. 191

Glenn J. Knowles

Kumar, Manmohan S. Growth, Acquisition and Investment, An Analysis of the Growth of Industrial Firms and Their Overseas Activities. Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1984, 211 pp., $37.50 pp. 192-193

Russell C. Parker

Holderness, B. A. British Agriculture Since 1945. Manchester U.K.: Manchester University Press, 1985, 185 pp., $25.00 pp. 192

Marshall Cohen

Mangel, Marc. Decision and Control in Uncertain Resource Systems. Orlando FL: Academic Press, 1985, xiii + 255 pp., $39.50 pp. 193-194

L. Joe Moffitt

Morishima, Michio. The Economics of Industrial Society. Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press, ix + 301 pp., $49.50, $15.95 paper pp. 194-195

Alex F. McCalla

Mukoti, Bula. Agriculture and Employment in Developing Countries: Strategies for Effective Rural Development. Boulder CO: Westview Press, x + 144 pp., $16.50 pp. 195

Graham Donaldson

Rees, Albert. Striking a Balance: Making National Economic Policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984, x + 118 pp., $12.50 pp. 196

Dennis R. Starleaf

Reynolds, Lloyd G. Economic Growth of the Third World. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, xii + 469 pp., $35.00 pp. 196-198

Vernon Ruttan

Roseberry, William. Coffee and Capitalism in the Venezuelan Andes. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1983, xv + 256 pp. $22.50 pp. 198-199

Lehman B. Fletcher

Schutjer, Wayne A., and C. Shannon Stokes, eds. Rural Development and Human Fertility. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., ix + 318 pp., $38.50 pp. 199-201

Stewart Tolnay

Simon, Julian L., and Herman Kahn, eds. The Resourceful Earth: A Response to Global 2000. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1984, 585 pp., $19.85 pp. 201-202

Carlisle Runge

Timberlake, Lloyd. Africa in Crisis: The Causes, the Cures of Environmental Bankruptcy. Washington DC: Earthscan, 1985, 232 pp., $6.25 pp. 202-203

Carl C. Mabbs-Zeno

Zartman, William, and Christopher Delgado, eds. The Political Economy of Ivory Coast. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984, vii + 255 pp., $28.95 pp. 203-204

Mary E. Burfisher