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Volume 61, issue 5, 1979

Choices and Consequences pp. 839-848

Richard A. King

Working with Other Disciplines pp. 849-859

Earl R. Swanson

Agricultural Trade: Protectionism, Policy, and the Tokyo/Geneva Negotiating Round pp. 860-873

James P. Houck

The Dynamics of Supply: Retrospect and Prospect pp. 874-888

Marc Nerlove

Commodity Programs and Inflation pp. 889-895

J. B. Penn

Inflation and Productivity pp. 896-902

Vernon Ruttan

The Distributional Consequences of Recent Inflation pp. 903-908

K. L. Robinson

Inflation, Agriculture, and the Food Economy: Discussion pp. 909-911

Wallace Barr

Inflation, Agriculture, and the Food Economy: Discussion pp. 912-914

Dale M. Hoover

Approaches to Measuring Public Goods Demands pp. 915-920

A. Myrick Freeman

Values of Marine Recreational Fishing: Measurement and Impact of Measurement pp. 921-925

Kenneth E. McConnell

Measuring Values of Extramarket Goods: Are Indirect Measures Biased? pp. 926-930

Richard C. Bishop and Thomas A. Heberlein

Valuing Nonmarket Goods—Conceptual and Empirical Issues: Discussion pp. 931-932

Sandra S. Batie and Leonard Shabman

Small Farm Definition and Public Policy pp. 933-939

Thomas A. Carlin and John Crecink

Toward an Agenda for Small Farm Research pp. 940-946

J. Patrick Madden and Heather Tischbein

Small Farms Definition and Policy Research Agenda: Discussion pp. 947-948

William E. Myers

Small Farms Definition and Policy Research Agenda: Discussion pp. 949-950

Allen R. Thompson

Small Farms Definition and Policy Research Agenda: Discussion pp. 951-952

Peter M. Emerson

Settlement Size, Real Income, and the Rural Turnaround pp. 953-959

Irving Hoch

Residential Preferences, Quality of Life, and the Population Turnaround pp. 960-966

Don A. Dillman

Modeling Rural Growth pp. 967-972

Clark Edwards

Rural Employment and Rural-Urban Population Shifts: Discussion pp. 973-974

Brady J. Deaton

Rural Employment and Rural-Urban Population Shifts: Discussion pp. 975-976

Ron E. Shaffer

The Segments of the World Population at Nutritional Risk pp. 977-981

Leonard Joy

Estimating Consumption Parameters for Food Policy Analysis pp. 982-987

Charles Timmer and Harold Alderman

Target Group-Oriented Food Programs: Cost Effectiveness Comparisons pp. 988-994

Marcelo Selowsky

Some Issues in Transportation Policy: Problems in Preference Articulation pp. 995-1002

James D. Shaffer

Issues in Freight Transportation Regulation pp. 1003-1009

Wesley R. Kriebel and Phillip Baumel

Issues in Freight Transportation Regulation: Discussion pp. 1010-1011

James Springrose

Issues in Freight Transportation Regulation: Discussion pp. 1012-1013

Ken Casavant

Issues in Freight Transportation Regulation: Discussion pp. 1014-1015

Lynn W. Robbins

Changing Patterns of World Trade pp. 1016-1021

Dale E. Hathaway

Australia, Canada, and the United States: Trade Partners or Competitors pp. 1022-1029

Alex F. McCalla, Andrew Schmitz and Gary G. Storey

Agricultural Trade Issues among Pacific Ocean Countries: Discussion pp. 1030-1032

Robert L. Thompson

Agricultural Trade Issues among Pacific Ocean Countries: Discussion pp. 1033-1035

Leo V. Mayer

The Effects of Changes in Population Characteristics on U.S. Consumption of Selected Foods pp. 1036-1045

Larry Salathe

The Effect of Demographic Shifts and Changes in the Income Distribution on Food-Away-from-Home Expenditure pp. 1046-1057

Benjamin Sexauer

Demographic Change and the Demand for Food: Discussion pp. 1058-1060

R. A. Schrimper

Demographic Change and the Demand for Food: Discussion pp. 1061-1062

David W. Price

Risk Preferences of Agricultural Producers: Their Use in Extension and Research pp. 1063-1070

Douglas L. Young

Analysis of Risk Management Strategies for Agricultural Producers pp. 1071-1077

Harry P. Mapp, Michael L. Hardin, Odell L. Walker and Tillak Persaud

Risk Management and Risk Preferences in Agriculture: Discussion pp. 1078-1080

David Bessler

Risk Management and Risk Preferences in Agriculture: Discussion pp. 1081-1082

Thomas A. Miller

Risk Management and Risk Preferences in Agriculture: Discussion pp. 1083-1084

Steven T. Sonka

Capital Gains versus Current Income in the Farming Sector pp. 1085-1092

Emanuel Melichar

The Economics of Asset Values and Current Income in Farming pp. 1093-1097

Robert D. Reinsel and Edward I. Reinsel

Implications of Divergence in Sources of Returns in Agriculture pp. 1098-1102

James S. Plaxico

Land Prices, Inflation, and Farm Income: Discussion pp. 1103-1104

R. J. McConnen

Land Prices, Inflation, and Farm Income: Discussion pp. 1105-1106

Duane G. Harris

Returns to Public Irrigation Development and the Concomitant Costs of Commodity Programs pp. 1107-1114

William E. Martin

On Augmenting Community Economic Performance by New or Continuing Irrigation Developments pp. 1115-1123

Herbert H. Stoevener and Roger G. Kraynick

Returns to Public Irrigation Development and the Concomitant Cost of Commodity Programs: Discussion pp. 1124-1125

H. O. Carter

On Augmenting Community Economic Performance by New or Continuing Irrigation Developments: Discussion pp. 1126-1127

W. Cris Lewis

Volume 61, issue 4_Part_2, 1979

Foreword pp. i

Richard King, William T. Boehm, R. James Hildreth and Dale Dahl

Observations on the Political Economics of Regulations pp. 721-731

James D. Shaffer

Economic Analysis of the Regulation of Agriculture pp. 732-740

Bruce Gardner

The Economics of Regulation: A Critique pp. 741-745

Jane Campana

Regulation and Economic Analysis in the U.S. Department of Agriculture pp. 746-750

Howard W. Hjort

The Politics of Policy Analysis pp. 751-754

Nina Cornell

Economists, Regulation, and Public Policy pp. 755-759

R. James Hildreth

Research Needs of the Regulated pp. 760-765

Timothy M. Hammonds and Doyle A. Eiler

Regulation Analysis as a Research Focus in Agricultural Economics pp. 766-774

Dale C. Dahl

Pre-Regulation Research: The Triumph of Policy Analysis pp. 775-778

Thomas P. Grumbly

Post-Regulation Research: Milk Marketing Order Regulations pp. 779-786

Boyd M. Buxton

A Regulator's Perspective on Regulatory Research pp. 787-790

Gary L. Seevers

Cumulative Impacts of Regulation pp. 791-797

Barry Bosworth

Food Industry Structure and Performance pp. 798-800

Willard F. Mueller

Food Protection: A Research Agenda pp. 801-806

William T. Boehm

Price and Income Policy Issues pp. 807-809

Preston E. Laferney and J. B. Penn

Product Market Regulation: Implications for Research pp. 810-817

John W. Helmuth

Environmental Regulation: A Framework for Determining Research Needs pp. 818-823

Wesley D. Seitz

Agricultural Workplace Safety: A Perspective on Research Needs pp. 824-835

Stan G. Daberkow and Conrad F. Fritsch

Economic Research Conference on U.S. Food System Regulation pp. 836-837

Richard A. King

Volume 61, issue 3, 1979

Resource and Environmental Constraints to Growth pp. 395-408

V. Smith and John V. Krutilla

State-Financed Property Tax Relief pp. 409-419

Fred C. White

The Price and Profit Performance of Leading Food Chains pp. 420-433

Bruce W. Marion, Willard F. Mueller, Ronald Cotterill, Frederick E. Geithman and John R. Schmelzer

The Influence of Domestic Pricing Policies and Buffer Stocks on Price Stability in the World Wheat Industry pp. 434-447

A. C. Zwart and Karl Meilke

Rural Household Savings Behavior in South Korea, 1962–76 pp. 448-454

K. N. Hyun, D. W. Adams and L. J. Hushak

Farm-Level Fertilizer Demand for Mexican Wheat Varieties in the Indian Punjab pp. 455-462

Surjit S. Sidhu and Carlos A. Baanante

Determinants of Supply Elasticity in Interdependent Markets pp. 463-475

Bruce Gardner

Endogenous Input Prices in Linear Programming Models pp. 476-481

Peter B. R. Hazell

A Semi-Strong Form Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Hog Futures Market pp. 482-489

Raymond M. Leuthold and Peter A. Hartmann

Risk Preferences and Flood Insurance pp. 490-495

E. D. Attanasi and M. R. Karlinger

Flood Insurance or Disaster Loans: An Economic Evaluation pp. 496-505

Michael J. Rettger and Richard N. Boisvert

Sensitivity of Efficient Frontiers Developed for Farm Enterprise Choice Decisions pp. 506-511

Bryan Schurle and Bernard L. Erven

The Effects of Trade Intervention on International Price Instability pp. 512-516

Malcolm D. Bale and Ernst Lutz

Import Tariffs and Price Formation in the World Wheat Market pp. 517-522

Colin Carter and Andrew Schmitz

Capital-Surplus, Labor-Short Economies: Yemen as a Challenge to Rural Development Strategies pp. 523-528

John M. Cohen and David B. Lewis

The Effect of Water Quality on Rural Nonfarm Residential Property Values pp. 529-534

Donald J. Epp and K. S. Al-Ani

Procedures in Estimating Benefits of Water Quality Change pp. 535-539

Nicolaas W. Bouwes and Robert Schneider

The Demand for Agricultural Research: A Colombian Illustration pp. 540-545

Grant Scobie

Kentucky's ANSER: The Agricultural Network Serving Extension and Research pp. 546-550

David Debertin, Lynn W. Robbins and Larry D. Jones

Corn Acreage Response-Function Estimation with Pooled Time-Series and Cross-Sectional Data pp. 551-553

James K. Whittaker and Robert L. Bancroft

A Note on the Use of Exponential Functions for Estimating Farm Size Distributions pp. 554-557

Bruce Dixon and Steven T. Sonka

Perfect Aggregation Conditions for Quadratic Programming Models pp. 558-560

N. Oguchi and A. Guccione

The Factor Share Approach to Production Function "Estimation": Actual or Estimated Equilibrium Shares? pp. 561-564

C. Shumway, Hovav Talpaz and Bruce R. Beattie

On Agricultural Productivity Differences among Countries pp. 565-570

Dũng Nguyen

The Economics of Adopting Solar Energy Systems for Crop Irrigation: Comment pp. 571-572

J. Walter Milon

The Economics of Adopting Solar Energy Systems for Crop Irrigation: Reply pp. 573

Martin T. Katzman and Ronald W. Matlin

Oligopoly Pricing in the World Wheat Market: Comment pp. 574-576

Thomas Grennes and Paul R. Johnson

Oligopoly Pricing in the World Wheat Market: Reply pp. 578-580

Chris M. Alaouze, A. S. Watson and N. H. Sturgess

Bell, Frederick W. Food from the Sea: The Economics & Politics of Ocean Fisheries. Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1978, xxvi + 380 pp., $25.00, $12.00 paper pp. 581

Leah J. Smith

Binswanger, Hans P. The Economics of Tractors in South Asia—An Analytical Review. New York: Agricultural Development Council, and Hyderabad, India: International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, 1978, 96 pp., price unknown pp. 581-582

R. S. Tripathi

Granger, C. W. J., and Paul Newbold. Forecasting Economic Time Series. New York: Academic Press, 1977, xiii + 333 pp., $22.00 pp. 582-583

Robert G. Chambers

Grennes, Thomas, Paul R. Johnson, and Marie Thursby. The Economics of World Grain Trade. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1978, 129 pp., $16.95 pp. 583-584

Michael V. Martin

Hyer, Edgar A., and John A. Rogalla. Farm Management. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: Farm Management Publishing Co., 1978, viii + 271 pp., price unknown pp. 584

Leroy F. Rogers

Lave, Lester B., and Eugene P. Seskin. Air Pollution and Human Health. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future, 1977, xx + 368 pp., $22.50 pp. 584-586

John A. Jaksch

Meister, Anton D., Carl C. Chen, and Earl O. Heady. Quadratic Programming Models Applied to Agricultural Policies. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1978, no pp., $6.00 pp. 586-587

Larry J. Martin

O'Rourke, A. Desmond. The Changing Dimensions of U.S. Agricultural Policy. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978, xiii + 241 pp., $10.95 pp. 587-588

Bob F. Jones

Palmer, John L., and Joseph A. Pechman, eds. Welfare in Rural Areas: The North Carolina-Iowa Income Maintenance Experiment. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1978, xiii + 273 pp., $11.95, $4.95 paper pp. 588-589

Harry W. Ayer

Wortman, Sterling, and Ralph W. Cummings, Jr. To Feed This World. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978, xiv + 440 pp., $25.00 pp. 589-590

Alain de Janvry

Volume 61, issue 2, 1979

Grain Marketing Systems: The Case of the United States versus Canada pp. 199-212

Alex F. McCalla and Andrew Schmitz

The Effects of Federal Milk Orders on the Economic Performance of U.S. Milk Markets pp. 213-227

W. D. Dobson and Larry E. Salathe

The Influence of Consumer Price Information on Retail Pricing and Consumer Behavior pp. 228-237

D. Grant Devine and Bruce W. Marion

The Impact on the Canadian Rapeseed Industry from Changes in Transport and Tariff Rates pp. 238-248

W. H. Furtan, J. G. Nagy and G. G. Storey

A Critique of Exchange Rate Treatment in Agricultural Trade Models pp. 249-257

Robert G. Chambers and Richard Just

Application of a Simulative Approach to Evaluating Alternative Methods for the Control of Agricultural Pests pp. 258-267

Katherine H. Reichelderfer and Filmore E. Bender

Revenue and Cost Uncertainty, Generalized Mean-Variance, and the Linear Complementarity Problem pp. 268-275

Quirino Paris

Production Function Estimation and Related Risk Considerations pp. 276-284

Richard Just and Rulon D. Pope

Financial Impacts of Government Support Price Programs pp. 285-296

Michael Boehlje and Steven Griffin

A Quarterly Econometric Model of United States Livestock and Feed Grain Markets and Some of Its Policy Implications pp. 297-308

Enrique Arzac and Maurice Wilkinson

Internalizing Externalities of Phosphorus Discharges from Crop Production to Surface Water: Effluent Taxes versus Uniform Reductions pp. 309-312

James J. Jacobs and George L. Casler

Measurement of Economic Benefits for Potential Public Goods pp. 313-317

Ian Hardie and Ivar Strand

Returns to Operator Education in Saskatchewan Agriculture pp. 318-321

W. H. Furtan and Ray Bollman

A Note on the Use of Sample Estimates in Optimization Models pp. 322-326

Ross G. Drynan

The Value of Unrealized Farm Land Capital Gains pp. 327-330

James S. Plaxico and Darrel D. Kletke

Inflation and Farm Tractor Replacement in the U.S.: A Simulation Model pp. 331-334

J. M. Bates, A. J. Rayner and P. R. Custance

Relationships among North American Fats and Oils Prices pp. 335-341

G. R. Griffith and Karl Meilke

Trade Benefits to All: A Design of the Beef Import Liberalization in Japan pp. 342-347

Yujiro Hayami

Distributional Aspects of Price Intervention pp. 348-350

Malcolm D. Bale

Risk Management in Imperfect Markets: Commodity Procurement Strategy in the Food Manufacturing Sector pp. 351-357

Marvin L. Hayenga

Domestic Food Programs and Their Related Impacts on Retail Food Prices pp. 358-362

Michael Belongia

Farm Planning and Calf Marketing Strategies for Risk Management: An Application of Linear Programming and Statistical Decision Theory pp. 363-370

Tesfaye Gebremeskel and C. Shumway

Endangered Species, Irreversibilities, and Uncertainty: A Comment pp. 371-375

V. Smith and John V. Krutilla

Endangered Species, Irreversibility, and Uncertainty: A Reply pp. 376-379

Richard C. Bishop

The Potential Impact of Changes in Income Distribution on Food Demand and Human Nutrition: Comment pp. 380-381

Karen J. Morgan

The Potential Impact of Changes in Income Distribution on Food Demand and Human Nutrition: Reply pp. 382-383

Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Hexem, R. W., and E. O. Heady. Water Production Functions for Irrigated Agriculture. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1978, xvi + 215, $8.95 pp. 384-385

Charles V. Moore

Adams, F. Gerard, and Sonia A. Klein, eds. Stabilizing World Commodity Markets. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1978, xvii + 21 pp., $24.95 pp. 384

Anne E. Peck

Kravis, Irving B., Alan Heston, and Robert Summers. International Comparisons of Real Product and Purchasing Power. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (for the World Bank), 1978, ix + 264 pp., $20.00, $7.50 paper pp. 385-387

Folke Dovring

Krutilla, John V., Anthony C. Fisher, with Richard E. Rice. Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Coal Development, Northern Great Plains. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978, xix + 208 pp., $16.00 pp. 387-388

Lonnie L. Jones

Singh, Inderjit. Elements of Farm Management Economics. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1977, 133 pp., Rs. 10.50 pp. 388

V. Rajagopalan

Sosnick, Stephen H. Hired Hands: Seasonal Farm Workers in the United States. Santa Barbara, Calif.: NcNally and Loftin, 1978, ix + 453 pp., price unknown pp. 389-390

Joe B. Stevens

Tyner, Wallace E., and Robert J. Kalter. Western Coal: Promise or Problem. Cambridge, Mass.: Lexington Books, xii + 181 pp., $18.00 pp. 390-391

F. Leistritz

Volume 61, issue 1, 1979

Artistic Research Tools for Scientific Minds pp. 1-11

George W. Ladd

International Farm Prices and the Social Cost of Cheap Food Policies pp. 12-21

Willis L. Peterson

Modeling International Grain Trade with Government Controlled Markets pp. 22-31

Philip Abbott

Approximately Optimal Carryover Levels for Wheat in the United States pp. 32-40

C. Robert Taylor and Hovav Talpaz

Cattle as a Store of Wealth in Swaziland: Implications for Livestock Development and Overgrazing in Eastern and Southern Africa pp. 41-47

M. H. Doran, A. R. C. Low and R. L. Kemp

Agricultural Development and Land Tenancy in a Peasant Economy: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis pp. 48-57

Pranab Bardhan

The Elasticity of Foreign Demand for U.S. Agricultural Products: The Importance of the Price Transmission Elasticity pp. 58-63

Maury E. Bredahl, William H. Meyers and Keith J. Collins

Effects of Farm Size on Economic Efficiency: The Case of Pakistan pp. 64-69

Mahmood H. Khan and Dennis R. Maki

Toward an Optimal Rate of Growth in Agricultural Production Research and Extension pp. 70-76

Marlys Knutson and Luther G. Tweeten

Potential for Increased Income on Small Farms in Appalachian Kentucky pp. 77-82

Fred J. Stewart, Harry H. Hall and Eldon D. Smith

Some Fiscal Impacts of Farmers Home Administration Home Loan Activity on a Rural County pp. 83-86

James T. Lindley and Patricia A. Wiseman

A Routing Algorithm Using the Nearest-Neighbor Concept pp. 87-90

M. C. Hallberg and W. R. Kriebel

A Framework for Economic Analysis of Livestock and Crop Byproducts Utilization pp. 91-96

Wen-yuan Huang

Pesticides, Information, and Pest Management under Uncertainty pp. 97-103

Gershon Feder

Graduate Students from Less Developed Countries: The Continuing Demand for U.S. Training pp. 104-106

Russell Stevenson

An Economic Evaluation of Alternative Peanut Policies: Comment pp. 107-110

James N. Trapp

Resource Allocation and Risk: A Case Study of Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: Comment pp. 111-113

Douglas L. Young

Resource Allocation and Risk: A Case Study of Small-holder Agriculture in Kenya: Reply pp. 114-115

Jerome M. Wolgin

Property Rights and the Political Economy of Resource Scarcity: Comment pp. 116-118

William Sander

Property Rights and the Political Economy of Resource Scarcity: Reply pp. 119

Emery N. Castle

Trade Models with Differentiated Products pp. 120-127

Paul R. Johnson, Thomas Grennes and Marie Thursby

Quantitative Evaluation of Stabilization Policies in International Commodity Markets pp. 128-134

David Blandford and Seon Lee

The Role of Government Interference in International Commodity Trade Models pp. 135-140

Philip Abbott

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 141-142

W. C. Labys

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 143-144

Robert Stern

A Modeling Approach to Flows of Funds in Localized Financial Markets pp. 145-150

Michael Boehlje, Duane G. Harris and James Hoskins

Incorporation of General Economic Outcomes in Econometric Projections Models for Agriculture pp. 151-157

John B. Penson and Dean W. Hughes

Application of Portfolio Theory to Farmer and Lender Behavior pp. 158-164

Lindon Robison and John R. Brake

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 165-166

Marvin Duncan

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 167-169

William McD. Herr

Some Basic Problems of Research into Competition in Agricultural Markets pp. 170-177

Allen B. Paul

Government Regulation of Competition in the Food Industry pp. 178-185

Bruce W. Marion

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 186-187

James M. Folsom

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 188-189

Lester H. Myers

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 190-191

Albert J. Ortego

Ritson, Christopher. Agricultural Economics, Principles and Policy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977, xii + 409 pp., $18.95 pp. 192-194

P. J. van Blokland

Lappe, Frances Moore, and Joseph Collins. Food First—Beyond the Myth of Scarcity. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977, 466 pp., $10.95 pp. 192

Duncan A. Harkin

Rossmiller, George E., ed. Agricultural Sector Planning: A General Simulation Approach. East Lansing: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 1978, xvi + 430 pp., $15.00, $8.00 softbound pp. 194-195

James B. Fitch

Schmid, A. Allan. Properly, Power, and Public Choice. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1978, xiv + 316 pp., price unknown pp. 195-196

Terry L. Anderson

Rhodes, V. James. The Agricultural Marketing System. Columbus, Ohio: Grid, 1978, xiv + 430 pp., $19.95 pp. 196-197

Raymond J. Folwell