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Volume 67, issue 5, 1985

Limits on Price Analysis pp. 905-915

William G. Tomek

A Hungry World: Lessons from a Land-Grant-School Perspective pp. 916-927

Harold O. Carter

Space, Agriculture, and Organization pp. 928-937

Mancur Olson

Agricultural Land Markets and Soil Erosion: Policy Relevance and Conceptual Issues pp. 938-942

David E. Ervin and John W. Mill

The Impact of Soil Conservation Investments on Land Prices pp. 943-947

Kent Gardner and Richard Barrows

User Costs of Soil Erosion and Their Effect on Agricultural Land Prices: Costate Variables and Capitalized Hamiltonians pp. 948-953

Greg Hertzler, Carlos A. Ibanez-Meier and Robert W. Jolly

Soil Erosion and Land Prices: Discussion pp. 954-956

Jerald J. Fletcher

Microbial Pathogens in Raw Pork, Chicken, and Beef: Benefit Estimates for Control Using Irradiation pp. 957-965

Tanya Roberts

Antibiotics in Animal Feeds: Risks and Costs pp. 966-970

Clark R. Burbee, Robert Green and Masao Matsumoto

The Political Economics of Risk/Benefit Assessment: The Case of Pesticides pp. 971-977

Eileen O. van Ravenswaay and Pat T. Skelding

Human Health Risk in Food and the Environment: Economics of Selected Options for Control: Discussion pp. 978-979

Fay H. Dworkin

Basis and Exchange Rate Risk in Offshore Futures Trading pp. 980-985

Stanley Thompson and Gary E. Bond

Use of Futures Markets for Exports by Less Developed Countries pp. 986-991

Sarahelen Thompson

Market Regulation and International Use of Futures Markets pp. 992-998

Betsey A. Kuhn, Frieda W. Shaviro and Margaret M. Burke

International Use of U.S. Futures Markets: Discussion pp. 999-1001

Todd E. Petzel

The Need to Rethink Agricultural Policy in General and to Perform Some Radical Surgery on Commodity Programs in Particular pp. 1002-1009

Willard Cochrane

Shifting Foundations of Agricultural Policy Analysis: Welfare Economics When Risk Markets Are Incomplete pp. 1010-1016

Carlisle Runge and Robert J. Myers

The Need to Rethink Agricultural Policy in General and to Perform Some Radical Surgery on Commodity Programs in Particular: Discussion pp. 1017-1019

G. William Hoagland

Shifting Foundations of Agricultural Policy Analysis When Risk Markets Are Incomplete: Discussion pp. 1020-1021

Randall Kramer

Methodology, Ideology, and the Economics of Poticy: Why Resource Economists Disagree pp. 1022-1029

Alan Randall

Natural Resource Economics: Methodological Orientations and Policy Effectiveness pp. 1030-1034

Leonard Shabman

Observations on the Frontiers and Fringes of the Neoclassical Paradigm pp. 1035-1038

William D. Schulze and Charles W. Howe

Information, Incentives, and Property Rights: The Emergence of an Alternative Paradigm pp. 1039-1043

B. Delworth Gardner

Rising Demand and Unstable Supply: The Prospects for Soviet Grain Imports pp. 1044-1048

Elizabeth Clayton

Soviet Agricultural Policies and the Feed-Livestock Sector pp. 1049-1054

Edward Cook

China's Grain and Meat Economy: Recent Developments and Implications for Trade pp. 1055-1062

Terry Sicular

Agriculture in the Soviet Union and China: Implications for Trade: Discussion pp. 1063-1066

Thomas B. Wiens

The Development and Adoption of High-Yielding Varieties of Wheat and Rice in Developing Countries pp. 1067-1073

Dana G. Dalrymple

The Influence of Intemational Research on the Size of National Research Systems pp. 1074-1079

Robert E. Evenson, Carl E. Pray and Grant Scobie

The Contribution of International Agricultural Research to World Agriculture pp. 1080-1084

Jock Anderson, Robert W. Herdt and Grant Scobie

International Research and Third World Agriculture: Discussion pp. 1085-1086

Randolph Barker

The Distribution of Income and Wealth of Farm Operator Households pp. 1087-1094

Mary Ahearn, Jim Johnson and Roger Strickland

The Role of Fringe Benefits in Operator Off-Farm Labor Supply pp. 1095-1099

Helen Jensen and Priscilla Salant

Income Distribution Implications of Rural Household Production pp. 1100-1104

W. Keith Bryant and Cathleen D. Zick

Measuring the Well-Being of Farm Households: Farm, Off-Farm, and In-Kind Sources of Income: Discussion pp. 1105-1107

Jean Kinsey

Incidence, Intensity, and Duration of Financial Stress among Farm Firms pp. 1108-1115

Robert W. Jolly, Arnold Paulsen, James D. Johnson, Kenneth H. Baum and Richard Prescott

Effects of Sustained Financial Stress on the Financial Structure and Performance of the Farm Sector pp. 1116-1122

Dean W. Hughes, James Richardson and M. Edward Rister

Solutions (or Resolutions) of Financial Stress Problems from the Private and Public Sectors pp. 1123-1128

John R. Brake and Michael D. Boehlje

Financial Stress among Farm Firms: Discussion pp. 1129-1130

David A. Lins

Financial Stress Among Farm Firms: Discussion pp. 1131-1132

Lauren Soth

Financial Stress among Farm Firms: Discussion pp. 1133-1135

Alan R. Tubbs

Economic Forces Shaping the Food-Processing Industry pp. 1136-1142

John Connor, Dale Heien, Jean Kinsey and Robert Wills

Technical Forces Shaping the U.S. Food-Processing Industry pp. 1143-1148

Gary W. Sanderson and Bernard S. Schweigert

Trends in the U.S. Food-Processing Industry: Implications for Modeling and Policy Analysis in a Dynamic Interactive Environment pp. 1149-1154

Sandra O. Archibald, Alex F. McCalla and Chester O. McCorkle

What's Ahead for the U.S. Food-Processing Industry? Discussion pp. 1155-1157

Clifton Cox and Robert Foster

Impacts of Technology and Structural Change on Agricultural Economy, Rural Communities, and the Environment pp. 1158-1163

Yao-chi Lu

Microeconomic Impacts of Emerging Technologies pp. 1164-1169

Michael J. Phillips

Emerging Agricultural Technologies, Public Policy, and Implications for Third World Agriculture: The Case of Biotechnology pp. 1170-1175

Frederick H. Buttel and Randolph Barker

Impacts of Emerging Technologies on U.S. and Third World Agriculture: Discussion pp. 1176-1177

W. Burt Sundquist

Condition of Rural Financial Intermediaries pp. 1178-1183

Emanuel Melichar and George D. Irwin

Impact of the Farm Financial Crisis on Agribusiness Firms and Rural Communities pp. 1184-1190

Roger G. Ginder, Kenneth E. Stone and Daniel Otto

Interaction Effects on Rural Financial Intermediaries of Financial Stress and Deregulation pp. 1191-1195

Peter J. Barry and Freddie L. Barnard

Interaction Effects on Rural Financial Intermediaries of Financial Stress and Deregulation: Discussion pp. 1196-1197

Michael Belongia and Kenneth C. Carraro

Effects of Financial Stress on Rural Communities: Discussion pp. 1198-1199

Warren F. Lee

Trends and Characteristics of Ph.D. Degrees in Agricultural Economics in the United States pp. 1200-1206

R. A. Schrimper

An Econometric Model of the Market for New Ph.D.s in Agricultural Economics in the United States pp. 1207-1214

Wallace Huffman and Peter Orazem

Agribusiness and Professional M.S. Degree Programs in Agricultural Economics in the United States pp. 1215-1222

Charles E. French and Bernard L. Erven

The Market for Agricultural Economists: Discussion pp. 1223-1224

Vernon E. Schneider

The Market for Agricultural Economists: Discussion pp. 1225

Michael Cook

Economic, Legal, and Hydrologic Dimensions of Potential Interstate Water Markets pp. 1226-1230

Charles W. Howe

Irrigated Agriculture and Groundwater Quality—A Framework for Policy Development pp. 1231-1237

Bonnie Colby

Nonpoint Agricultural Pollution: Pesticide Contamination of Groundwater Supplies pp. 1238-1243

Glen D. Anderson, James Opaluch and W. Michael Sullivan

Issues in Water Resource Economics: Discussion pp. 1244-1246

John A. Miranowski

Aeconomicus Agriculturae: Who Shall Lead Us? pp. 1247-1250

John Patrick Jordan

Federal Funding of SAES Economics Research: Trends and Possible Strategies for Improved Support pp. 1251-1255

Robert L. Christensen and Roland R. Robinson

The Alternative Funding of Agricultural Economics Research: The Experience of the Past Decade and Challenge to the Profession pp. 1256-1261

Warren E. Johnston

Funding Agricultural Economics Research: Discussion pp. 1262-1263

Charles M. Benbrook

An Economic Analysis of Underground Pipeline Irrigation Delivery System Investments: A Case Study in the Texas Rice Belt pp. 1291-1297

Edward W. Schulze

Volume 67, issue 4, 1985

The Political Economy of Extension Program Design: Institutional Maintenance Issues in the Organization and Delivery of Extension Programs pp. 717-725

George R. McDowell

Biological Technology and Agricultural Policy: An Assessment of Azolla in Philippine Rice Production pp. 726-732

Mark W. Rosegrant, James Roumasset and Arsenio Balisacan

Statistical Significance of Indicators of Efficiency and Incentives: Examples from West African Agriculture pp. 733-738

John McIntire and Christopher L. Delgado

Competitive Storage, Rational Expectations, and Short-Run Food Price Determination pp. 739-748

Michael Wohlgenant

Intertemporal Allocation in the Corn and Soybean Markets with Rational Expectations pp. 749-760

David Giles, Barry A. Goss and Olive P. L. Chin

Endogenous Local Public Extension Policy pp. 761-768

Wallace Huffman and Mark McNulty

An Economic Analysis of Alternative Grazing Fee Systems pp. 769-778

Bruce McCarl and Ray F. Brokken

Land Allocation under Uncertainty for Alternative Specifications of Return Distributions pp. 779-786

Robert Collender and David Zilberman

Demonstration of the Use of Lower Partial Moments to Improve Safety-First Probability Limits pp. 787-793

Joseph Atwood

Cash Rents and Land Values in U.S. Agriculture pp. 794-805

Lindon Robison, David A. Lins and Ravi VenKataraman

Is the United States Really Underinvesting in Agricultural Research? pp. 806-812

Glenn Fox

Analysis of Selected Marketing Strategies: A Whole-Farm Simulation Approach pp. 813-820

DeeVon Bailey and James Richardson

Regulation in a Dynamic Market: The U.S. Dairy Industry pp. 821-832

Jeffrey LaFrance and Harry de Gorter

The Estimation of Indifference Maps by Expected Utility Analysis pp. 833-838

Jeffrey Bennett and Ben Smith

Stochastic Efficiency versus Mean-Variance Criteria as Predictors of Adoption of Reduced Tillage pp. 839-845

John Lee, Deborah J. Brown and Stephen Lovejoy

Risk Modeling Using Direct Solution of Nonlinear Approximations of the Utility Function pp. 846-852

David Lambert and Bruce McCarl

Human Capital, Adjustments in Subjective Probabilities, and the Demand for Pest Controls pp. 853-861

Prabhu L. Pingali and Gerald A. Carlson

Household Demand for Convenience and Nonconvenience Foods pp. 862-869

Oral Capps, John R. Tedford and Joseph Havlicek

Risk Aversion and the Recommended Hedging Ratio pp. 870-872

Gary E. Bond and Stanley Thompson

Testing a von Liebig Crop Response Function against Polynomial Specifications pp. 873-880

Christopher Ackello-Ogutu, Quirino Paris and William A. Williams

The Impact of Component Pricing of Soybeans and Milk: Comment pp. 881-882

Robert B. Schwart

Adams, Dale W., Douglas H. Graham, and J. D. von Pischke, eds. Undermining Rural Development with Cheap Credit. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, xviii + 318 pp., $25.00 pp. 883-884

John R. Brake

Broemeling, Lyle D. Bayesian Analysis of Linear Models. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1985, xii + 454 pp., $59.75 pp. 884-885

Richard M. Todd

Halstead, John M., Robert A. Chase, Steve H. Murdock, and F. Larry Leistritz. Socioeconomic Impact Management: Design and Implementation. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, xiv + 258 pp. $32.50 pp. 885-886

Lloyd D. Bender

Harris, Simeon, Alan Swinback, and Guy Wilkinson. The Food and Farm Policies of the European Community. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1983, 360 pp., $29.95. Brian E. Hill, The Common Agricultural Policy: Past, Present, and Future. New York: Metheun Corp., 1984, 168 pp., $11.95 paper pp. 886-887

Tim Josling

Hayenga, Marvin, V. James Rhodes, Jon A. Brandt, and Ronald E. Deiter. The U.S. Pork Sector: Changing Structure and Organization. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1985, xii + 172 pp., $16.50 pp. 887-888

Clement E. Ward

Hendry, David F., and Kenneth F. Wallis, eds. Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. Oxford, U.K., and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1984, 320 pp., $45 pp. 888-890

Thomas Fomby

Kohler, Heinz. Statistics for Business and Economics. Glenview IL and London: Scott, Foresman & Co. 1985, 770 pp., $30.95 pp. 890-891

Andrew Sterrett

Kohls, Richard L., and Joseph N. Uhl. Marketing of Agricultural Products, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan Co., 1985, xi + 624 pp., price unknown pp. 891-892

Charles R. Handy

National Research Council. Developing Strategies for Rangeland Management. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, xxi + 2,022 pp., $55.00 pp. 892-893

Edward Bradley

Olson, Mancur. The Rise and Decline of Nations. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 1982, xi + 273 pp., $14.95 pp. 893-895

Allan Schmid

Perkins, Dwight H., and Shahid Yusuf. Rural Development in China. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, x + 235 pp., $25.00 pp. 895

Francis C. Tuan

Sahota, Gian S., and Carlos A. Rocca. Income Distribution: Theory, Modeling, and Case Study of Brazil. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1985, ix + 236 pp., $24.95 pp. 895-896

Peter T. Knight

Scandizzo, Pasquale, Peter Hazell, and Jock Anderson. Risky Agricultural Markets: Price Forecasting and the Need for Intervention Policies. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, xii + 143 pp., $14.95 paper pp. 896-897

Jeffrey Williams

Slabotzky, Albert. Grain Contracts and Arbitration For Shipments from the United States and Canada. London: Lloyd's of London Press, viii + 109 pp., $40.00 pp. 897-898

Allen B. Paul

Storey, Gary G., Andrew Schmitz, and Alexander H. Sarris. International Agricultural Trade: Advanced Readings in Price Formation, Market Structure, and Price Instability. Boulder CO: Westview Press, Westview Replica Edition, 1984, 303 pp., $28.50 pp. 898-899

William E. Kost

Streit, Manfred E., ed. Futures Markets: Modelling, Managing, and Monitoring Futures Trading. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publisher, 1983, ix + 324 pp., $34.95 pp. 899-901

Kandice H. Kahl

Woo, Henry K. H. The Unseen Dimensions of Wealth: Towards a Generalized Economic Theory. Fremont CA: Victoria Press, xv + 435 pp., $35.00 pp. 901-902

Henry M. Peskin

Volume 67, issue 3, 1985

Output, Input, and Productivity Measurement in U.S. Agriculture 1948–79 pp. 475-486

V. Eldon Ball

A Dynamic Analysis of Marketing Orders, Voting, and Welfare pp. 487-496

Peter Berck and Jeffrey Perloff

Portfolio Diversification, Futures Markets, and Uncertain Consumption Prices pp. 497-507

Peter Berck and Stephen Cecchetti

A Reformulation of the Portfolio Model of Hedging pp. 508-512

Stewart L. Brown

Agricultural Lending Decision: A Multiattribute Analysis pp. 513-520

Roger D. Stover, R. Kenneth Teas and Roy Gardner

Marketing Margins and Price Uncertainty: The Case of the U.S. Wheat Market pp. 521-528

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

Goals and Consequences of Rice Policy in Japan, 1965–80 pp. 529-538

Keijiro Otsuka and Yujiro Hayami

Market Impacts of Technological Change for Sorghum in Indian Near-Subsistence Agriculture pp. 539-549

Jere Behrman and K. Murty

A Stochastic Dominance Comparison of Reduced Tillage Systems in Corn and Soybean Production under Risk pp. 550-556

Richard M. Klemme

Effects of Rising Relative Energy Prices on Soil Erosion and Its Control pp. 558-562

Lee D. Zinser, John A. Miranowski, James Shortle and Michael J. Monson

Participation in Pest Management Groups pp. 563-566

Sarah P. Rook and Gerald A. Carlson

An Economic Analysis of Soybean Integrated Pest Management pp. 567-572

Catherine Greene, Randall Kramer, George Norton, Edwin G. Rajotte and McPherson Robert M.

Estimating the Market for Tomatoes pp. 573-582

Rafi Melnick and Haim Shalit

Pricing Efficiency in Centralized and Noncentralized Markets pp. 583-590

Steven T. Buccola

Short-Term Adjustments in Yellow Sheet Carcass Prices for Red Meats pp. 591-599

John M. Marsh and Gary W. Brester

Before- and After-Tax Size Economies: An Example for Cash Grain Production in Illinois pp. 600-608

Marvin Batte and Steven T. Sonka

The Effects of Cashing out Food Stamps on Food Expenditures pp. 609-613

Darrell Hollonbeck, James C. Ohls and Barbara Posner

On Discarding Low Quality Produce pp. 614-618

Dung Nguyen and Trang T. Vo

The Demand for Irrigation Water in the High Plains of Texas, 1957–80 pp. 619-626

Michael Nieswiadomy

Expected Utility, Debt-Equity Structure, and Risk Balancing pp. 627-629

Robert A. Collins

Theory of the Firm with Joint Price and Output Risk and a Forward Market pp. 630-635

Dwight Grant

Modeling Dynamic Agricultural Production Response: The Case of Swine Production pp. 636-646

Jean-Paul Chavas, James Kliebenstein and Thomas D. Crenshaw

Coupon Redemption and the Demand for Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice: A Switching Regression Analysis pp. 647-653

Jonq-Ying Lee and Mark G. Brown

Production Risk and Optimal Fertilizer Rates: A Random Coefficient Model pp. 654-659

Joyotee Smith and Gloria Umali

Methods of Estimating the Input Coefficients for Linear Programming Models pp. 660-665

Subhash Ray

Monetary Returns to Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Agricultural Economics pp. 666-673

Josef M. Broder and Rodney P. Deprey

Management of a Multiple Cohort Fishery: Comment pp. 674-675

Yu-Mong Hsiao

Management of a Multiple Cohort Fishery: Reply pp. 676-678

Jon M. Conrad

Landownership and the Adoption of Minimum Tillage: Comment pp. 679-681

Ralph E. Heimlich

Landownership and the Adoption of Minimum Tillage: Reply pp. 682-683

Linda K. Lee and William H. Stewart

Constraints on Oxen Cultivation in the Sahel: Comment pp. 684-685

Eric W. Crawford and Gregory C. Lassiter

Constraints on Oxen Cultivation in the Sahel: Reply pp. 686-687

Christopher L. Delgado and John McIntire

Agricultural Development and Land Tenancy in a Peasant Economy: Comment pp. 688-690

Samar K. Datta and Jeffrey Nugent

Agricultural Development and Land Tenancy in a Peasant Economy: Reply pp. 691-692

Pranab Bardhan

Barry, Peter J., ed. Risk Management in Agriculture. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1984, x + 282 pp., $34.95 pp. 693

Richard L. Farnsworth

Berry, Jeffrey M. Feeding Hungry People: Rulemaking in the Food Stamp Program. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1984, 173 pp., $24.00 pp. 694

Stephen J. Hiemstra

Connor, John M., Richard T. Rogers, Bruce W. Marion, and Willard F. Mueller. The Food Manufacturing Industries: Structure, Strategies, Performance and Policies. Lexington MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 1985, xxii + 474 pp., $38.00 pp. 695-697

John C. Narver

Cramer, Gail L., and Clarence W. Jensen. Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, ix + 441 pp., $29.95 pp. 697

Dale W Adams

Eicher, Carl K. and John M. Staatz. Agricultural Development in the Third World. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, x + 491 pp., $37.50, $16.50 paper pp. 697-699

Wade F. Gregory

Esman, Milton J., and Norman T. Uphoff. Local Organizations—Intermediaries in Rural Development. Ithaca NY, and London: Cornell University Press, 1984, 391 pp., $35.00 pp. 699-700

D. Woods Thomas

Francks, Penelope. Technology and Agricultural Development in Pre-War Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press, xiii + 322 pp., $30.00 pp. 700-701

Kazuo Sato

Harmston, Floyd K. The Community as an Economic System. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1983, 333 pp., $17.95 paper pp. 701-702

Paul W. Barkley

Kash, Don E., and Robert W. Rycroft. U.S. Energy Policy: Crisis and Complacency. Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984, xviii + 334 pp., $19.95 pp. 702-703

Vernon Eidman

Kendrick, John W., ed. International Comparisons of Productivity and Causes of the Slowdown. Cambridge MA: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1984, xix + 425 pp., $39.95 pp. 703-705

Edwin Dean

Kneese, Allen V. Measuring the Benefits of Clean Air and Water. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1984, xii + 159 pp. $5.95 paper pp. 705

Marc Ribaudo

Lawrence, Paul R., and Davis Dyer. Renewing American Industry. New York: Free Press, 1983, xiii + 384 pp., $22.95 pp. 706

Bruce J. Walter

Lea, David A. M., and D. P. Chaudhri, eds. Rural Development and the State. New York: Metheun & Co., 1983, 351 pp., $18.95 pp. 707

Melvin G. Blase

Peterson, George, and Alan Randall, eds. Valuation of Wildland Resource Benefits. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, xiii + 258 pp., $25.00 pp. 708-709

R. B. Held

Rausser, Gordon C., and Kenneth R. Farrell, eds. Alternative Agricultural and Food Policies and the 1985 Farm Bill pp. 709-711

Kenneth L. Robinson

Seidel, Andrew D., and Philip M. Ginsberg. Commodities Trading: Foundations, Analysis, and Operations. Englewood Cliffs N J: Prentice-Hall, 1983, xxv + 464 pp., $39.95 pp. 711-712

Raymond M. Leuthold

Spraos, John. Inequalising Trade? A Study of Traditional North/South Specialisation in the Context of Terms of Trade Concepts. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), vi + 169 pp., $32.50. (Direct orders may be placed with Oxford University Press, 16-00 Pollitt Drive, Fairlawn NJ 07410) pp. 712-714

Terry Roe

Wennergen, E. Boyd, Charles H. Anholt, and Morris D. Whittaker. Agricultural Development in Bangladesh. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, 373 pp., $26.50 pp. 714-715

Richard Nehring

Young, Brigitta. Prospects for Soviet Grain Production, Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1983, xiv + 216 pp., $20.00 pp. 715-716

Edward C. Cook

Volume 67, issue 2, 1985

Evaluating Price Enhancement by Processing Cooperatives pp. 183-192

Robert L. Wills

Estimating Supply Response in the Presence of Farm Programs pp. 193-203

David R. Lee and Peter G. Helmberger

The Dynamics of Agriculture Supply: A Reconsideration pp. 204-214

Zvi Eckstein

Planting and Removal Relationships for Perennial Crops: An Application to Cling Peaches pp. 215-223

Ben C. French, Gordon A. King and Dwight D. Minami

The Choices of Irrigation Technologies in California pp. 224-234

Margriet Caswell and David Zilberman

Effects of an Increase in the Federal Excise Tax on Cigarettes pp. 235-242

Daniel Sumner and Michael Wohlgenant

Government Intervention in Poultry Industries: A Cross-Country Comparison pp. 243-250

Kenneth F. Harling and Robert L. Thompson

Least-Cost Subsidization Alternatives pp. 251-256

Robert G. Chambers

Nonpecuniary Job Preferences and Welfare Losses among Migrant Agricultural Workers pp. 257-265

Lucia Dunn

Evidence on Farm Use Value Assessment, Tax Shifts, and State School Aid pp. 266-270

David L. Chicoine and A. Donald Hendricks

Agricultural Income Tax Expenditures—A Microeconomic Analysis pp. 271-278

Gregory D. Hanson and Vernon Eidman

Dominant Enterprise Size in the Swine Production Industry pp. 279-288

Paul N. Wilson and Vernon Eidman

Improving the Efficiency of Stochastic Dominance Techniques Using Convex Set Stochastic Dominance pp. 289-295

Mark J. Cochran, Lindon Robison and Weldon Lodwick

An Alternative View of Pricing in Retail Food Markets pp. 296-306

Bruce Benson and Merle D. Faminow

Monthly Price Premiums and Discounts between Steer Calves and Yearlings pp. 307-314

John M. Marsh

A Carcass Merit Pricing System for the Pork Industry pp. 315-319

Marvin L. Hayenga, Barbara S. Grisdale, Robert G. Kauffman, H. Russell Cross and Lauren L. Christian

A Consideration in Estimating "Almost Nonsimultaneous" Market Models pp. 320-324

James K. Binkley

Institutional Affiliation of Contributors to the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1973–83 pp. 325-327

James R. Simpson and John T. Steele

Retail Food Cooperatives: Testing the "Small Is Beautiful" Hypothesis: Comment pp. 328-329

Terence Centner

Retail Food Cooperatives: Testing the "Small Is Beautiful" Hypothesis: Reply pp. 330

Ronald Cotterill

Will USDA Farm Programs Remain Highly Resistant to Change? pp. 331-335

W. D. Dobson

Structuring Incentives for Change in U.S. Farm Programs pp. 336-340

Bruce Gardner

Needed Changes in the Farmers Home Administration Lending Programs pp. 341-344

Peter J. Barry

Food Program Policy Initiatives in an Era of Farm Surpluses pp. 345-349

Stephen J. Hiemstra

Prospects for Fundamental Change in Farm and Food Programs: Discussion pp. 350-351

J. Bruce Bullock

Needed Changes in the Farmers Home Administration Lending Programs: Discussion pp. 352-353

Eddy LaDue

Food Program Policy Initiatives in an Era of Farm Surpluses: Discussion pp. 354-355

Benjamin Senauer

Uncertainty and Open Access: Implications from the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma Game pp. 356-359

John Braden

The Commons as a Natural Barrier to Entry: Why There Are So Few Fish Farms pp. 360-363

Peter Berck and Jeffrey Perloff

The Optimal Commons pp. 364-367

Barry C. Field

The Innovation of Rules and the Structure of Incentives in Open Access Resources pp. 368-372

Carlisle Runge

Restraint under Open Access: Are Voluntary Incentives Sufficient or Is Coercion Required?: Discussion pp. 373-376

Ronald N. Johnson

The Specific Role of Interest in Financial and Economic Analysis under Inflation: Real, Nominal, or a Combination of Both pp. 377-383

Leon Shashua and Yaaqov Goldschmidt

The Impact of Inflation on the Real Income of U.S. Farmers pp. 384-389

Dennis R. Starleaf, William H. Meyers and Womack Abner W.

Credit Constraints, Interest Rates, and Agricultural Prices pp. 390-395

Robert G. Chambers

The Specific Role of Interest in Financial and Economic Analysis under Inflation: Discussion pp. 396-397

John E. Buehler

The Impact of Inflation on the Real Income of U.S. Farmers: Discussion pp. 398-399

Michael Belongia

The Effects of Inflation on the Welfare and Performance of Agriculture: Discussion pp. 400-401

Maury E. Bredahl

Primal versus Dual Methods for Measuring the Impact of Ozone on Cash Grain Farmers pp. 402-406

Bruce L. Dixon, Philip Garcia and Mjelde James W.

The Effect of Aggregate Response Assumptions on Environmental Impact Analyses pp. 407-413

Scott A. Hamilton, Bruce McCarl and Richard M. Adams

Optimal Measurement of Factors Affecting Crop Production: Maximum Likelihood Methods pp. 414-418

Scott Atkinson, Adams Richard M. and Thomas D. Crocker

Methods for Measuring the Economic Impact of Ambient Pollutants on the Agricultural Sector: Discussion pp. 419-420

Michael E. Wetzstein

Methods for Measuring the Economic Impact of Ambient Pollutants on the Agricultural Sector: Discussion pp. 421-422

James Richardson

The Role of Public Policy in the Diffusion of Improved Agricultural Technology pp. 423-428

Gershon Feder and Roger Slade

Human Capital, Adaptive Ability, and the Distributional Implications of Agricultural Policy pp. 429-434

Wallace Huffman

Risk Aversion, Technology Choice, and Equity Effects of Agricultural Policy pp. 435-440

Richard Just and David Zilberman

Equity Implications of Public Policy in an Unstable Agricultural Economy: Discussion pp. 441-442

Robert E. Evenson

Equity Implications of Public Policy in an Unstable Agricultural Economy: Discussion pp. 443-445

Willis Peterson

Boehlje, Michael D., and Vernon R. Eidman. Farm Management. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984, xv + 806 pp., $32.95 pp. 446-447

D. Lynn Forster

Casavant, Kenneth L., and Craig L. Infanger. Economics and Agricultural Management: An Introduction. Reston VA: Reston Publishing Co., 1984, xi + 286 pp., $23.95. (Instructor's manual provided free of charge. Manual was not received with text and was not reviewed.) pp. 447

George J. Conneman

Crosson, Pierre R., with Anthony T. Stout. Productivity Effects of Cropland Erosion in the United States. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, 103 pp., $11 paper pp. 447-449

David J. Walker and Douglas L. Young

Duncan, Greg J. Years of Poverty, Years of Plenty. Ann Arbor MI: Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1984, xvi + 184 pp., $14 pp. 449-450

Harold F. Breimyer

Eicher, Carl K., and Doyle C. Baker. Research on Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Survey. East Lansing: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 1982, xi + 335 pp., $8.00 pp. 450-451

Carol J. Lancaster

Ghatak, Subrata, and Ken Ingersent. Agriculture and Economic Development. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, 380 pp., $27.50, $10.95 paper pp. 451-452

Ray W. Nightingale

Horwich, George, and David L. Weimer. Oil Price Shocks, Market Response and Contingency Planning. Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1984, xvi + 220 pp., $16.95, $8.95 paper pp. 452-453

Anthony E. Burris

Johnson, Paul R. The Economics of the Tobacco Industry. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984, xi + 157 pp., $27.95 pp. 453-454

Garnett Bradford

Judge, George G., W. E. Griffiths, R. Carter Hill, Helmut Lütkepohl, and Tsoung-Chao Lee. The Theory and Practice of Econometrics, 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985, xxix + 1,019 pp., $46.95 pp. 454

Peter J. Schmidt

Luenberger, David G. Linear and Nonlinear Programming, 2nd ed. Reading MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1984, xviii + 491 pp., $32.95 pp. 454-455

Quirino Paris

Maddala, G. S. Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983, xi + 401 pp., $39.50 pp. 455-456

Ann A. McDermed

McCall, John J., ed. The Economics of Information and Uncertainty. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982, 324 pp., $48.00 pp. 456-458

Edna P. Loehman

Meadows, Donella, John Richardson, and Gerhart Brickman, eds. Groping in the Dark. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1982, xxvii + 311 pp., $28.95 paper pp. 458-459

Joseph Havlicek

Rivlin, Alice M., ed. Economic Choices 1984. Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, 1984, xii + 171 pp., $22.95, $8.95 paper pp. 459-460

R. J. Hildreth

Schluter, Michael. Constraints on Kenya's Food and Beverage Exports. Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi, 1984, 118 pp., price unknown pp. 460-461

Lawrence A. Witucki

Tietenberg, Thomas H. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Glenview IL: Scott Foresman and Co., 1984, 482 pp., $24.95 pp. 461-462

Frederic O. Sargent

Warner, Paul D., and James A. Christenson. The Cooperative Extension Service: A National Assessment. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, xviii + 195 pp., $24.50, $10.95 paper pp. 462-463

William W. Wood

Volume 67, issue 1, 1985

The Political Economy of Agricultural Research and Extension: Grants, Votes, and Reapportionment pp. 1-14

Susan Rose-Ackerman and Robert Evenson

Forward and Futures Contracts as Preharvest Commodity Marketing Instruments pp. 15-23

Ray D. Nelson

Forecasting and Hedging: An Illustration of Risk Reduction in the Hog Industry pp. 24-31

Jon A. Brandt

Hedging Feedlot Cattle: A Canadian Perspective pp. 32-39

Colin Carter and R. M. A. Loyns

Supply Response and Investment in the Canadian Food Processing Industry pp. 40-48

Ramon Lopez

Analysis of Food Stamp Participation Using Qualitative Choice Models pp. 49-59

Oral Capps and Randall Kramer

Use of Life Insurance to Fund the Farm Purchase from Heirs pp. 60-69

Loren W. Tauer

Optimal Market Pools for Agricultural Cooperatives pp. 70-80

Steven T. Buccola and Abdelbagi Subaei

Agricultural Productive and Consumptive Use Components of Rural Land Values in Texas pp. 81-86

C. Pope

An Intercountry Comparison of Agricultural Production Efficiency pp. 87-92

Toshihiko Kawagoe and Yujiro Hayami

Errors in the Numerical Assessment of the Benefits of Price Stabilization pp. 93-100

L. Jay Helms

Grain Storage in Developing Areas: Location and Size of Facilities pp. 101-111

Cesar D. B. Monterosso, Charles L. Wright, Maria Ceclília S. Lacerda and Noboru Ofugi

The Effect of Acidification Damages on the Economic Value of the Adirondack Fishery to New York Anglers pp. 112-119

John K. Mullen and Fredric C. Menz

A Programming Model with Stochastic Technology and Prices: The Case of Australian Agriculture pp. 120-129

Quirino Paris and Christopher D. Easter

"Small" or "Large" Farm: Some Methodological Considerations pp. 130-132

Howard E. Doran

Understanding Retained Patronage Refunds in Agricultural Cooperatives: Comment pp. 133-134

C. Brice Ratchford

Understanding Retained Patronage Refunds in Agricultural Cooperatives: Reply pp. 135

Charles R. Knoeber and David L. Baumer

Testing Asset Fixity for U.S. Agriculture: Comment pp. 136-138

Clark Edwards

Testing Asset Fixity for Agriculture: Reply pp. 139-140

Robert G. Chambers and Utpal Vasavada

Flexible Consumer Demand Functions and Linear Estimation: Comment pp. 141-142

Michael Wohlgenant

Flexible Consumer Demand Functions and Linear Estimation: Reply pp. 143

Gurushri Swamy and Hans Binswanger-Mkhize

Welfare Implications of Oligopoly in U.S. Food Manufacturing: Comment pp. 144-145

Genevieve M. Kenney

Welfare Implications of Oligopoly in U.S. Food Manufacturing: Reply pp. 146

Micha Gisser

Farmers' Subjective Probabilities in Northern Thailand: Comment pp. 147-148

Tom Knight, S. R. Johnson and Robert M. Finley

Farmers' Subjective Probabilities in Northern Thailand: Reply pp. 149-152

William Grisley and Earl D. Kellogg

Multiple Optimal Solutions in Linear Programming Models: A Further Comment pp. 153

Ronald E. Miller

Multiple Optimal Solutions in Linear Programming Models: A Further Reply pp. 154-155

Quirino Paris

Alberts, Tom. Agrarian Reform and Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Peru. Boulder CO: Westview Replica Edition, Westview Press, 1983, xiv + 306 pp., $24.00 pp. 156-157

Don Kanel

Bridger, G. A., and J. T. Winpenny. Planning Development Projects: A Practical Guide to the Choice and Appraisal of Public Sector Investments. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1983, xiv + 209 pp., £8.50 pp. 157

J. Price Gittinger

Clawson, Marion. The Federal Lands Revisited. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, x + 302 pp., $25 hardcover, $8.95 paper pp. 157-158

Kenneth C. Nobe

Doll, John P., and Frank Orazem. Production Economics, Theory with Applications, 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984, ix + 470 pp., $32.95 pp. 158-159

Thomas A. Miller

Douglass, Gordon K., ed. Agricultural Sustainability in a Changing World Order. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1984, xiv + 282 pp., $25.00 pp. 159-161

Dale Hoover

Emerson, Robert D., ed. Seasonal Agricultural Labor Markets in the United States. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1984, xvi + 564 pp., $28.40 paper pp. 161-162

Jeffrey Perloff

Farris, Paul L., ed., Future Frontiers in Agricultural Marketing Research. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1983, vii + 341 pp., $25.50 pp. 162-164

Leo C. Polopolus

Geisler, Charles C., and Frank J. Popper, eds. Land Reform, American Style. Totowa NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1984, x + 353 pp., $28 pp. 164-166

William C. Thiesenhusen

Greig, W. Smith. Economics and Management of Food Processing. Westport CT: AVI Publishing Co., 1984, xii + 521 pp., $57.50 pp. 166-167

James MacDonald

Grennes, Thomas. International Economics. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984, x + 645 pp., $27.95 pp. 167-168

Nancy E. Schwartz

Hedlund, Stefan. Crisis in Soviet Agriculture. New York: St. Martins Press, 1984, 228 pp., $27.50 pp. 168-170

Emily Moore

Johnson, D. Gale, and G. Edward Schuh, eds. The Role of Markets in the World Food Economy. Boulder CO: Western Press, 1983, 326 pp., $22.50 pp. 170

Kenneth R. Farrell

McKenzie, Richard B. Fugitive Industry: The Economics and Politics of Deindustrialization. Cambridge MA.: Ballinger Publishing, Co., 1984, xxvi + 281 pp., $22.95, $11.95 paper pp. 170-171

Candee S. Harris

Nelson, Richard R., and Felicity Skidmore, eds. American Families and the Economy: The High Cost of Living. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1983, 307 pp., $18.75 pp. 171-172

Paul M. Ryscavage

Ness, Gayl D., and Hirofumi Ando. The Land is Shrinking: Population Planning in Asia. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, xix + 225 pp., $25 pp. 172-173

H. Yuan Tien

Schick, Allen, ed. Making Economic Policy in Congress. Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1983, xii + 282 pp., $19.95, $10.95 paper pp. 173-175

Lynn Daft

Stout, B. A. Energy Use and Management in Agriculture. North Scituate MA: Breton Publishers, 1984, xi & 318 pp., $20.00 pp. 175-176

Joel R. Hamilton

Von Witzke, Harald. A Model of Relative and Absolute Income Differences in Agriculture. Forum No.5. Kiel, West Germany: Kieler Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, 1983, 78 pp. $12.50 pp. 176

Bernard F. Stanton

Waugh, Frederick V. Selected Writings on Agricultural Policy and Economic Analysis. (James P. Houck and Martin E. Abel, eds.), Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1984, xiii & 466 pp., $29.50 pp. 176-178

Richard A. King