American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Volume 57, issue 5, 1975

Improving Information on Agriculture and Rural Life pp. 753-763

James T. Bonnen

Policy Formation and the Economist pp. 764-768

J. Carroll Bottum

Unstable Farm Prices: Economic Consequences and Policy Options pp. 769-777

K. L. Robinson

Opportunities and Responsibilities of Agricultural Economists: A General View pp. 778-781

Lee R. Kolmer

Opportunities and Responsibilities of Agricultural Economists: Colleges of Agriculture pp. 782-784

J. E. Legates

Opportunities and Responsibilities of Agricultural Economists: Journal Publications pp. 785-787

Raymond J. Miller

Perspective from the Grain Trade pp. 788-790

Willard R. Sparks

Perspective from the Meat-Packing Industry pp. 791-795

Patrick J. Luby

Perspective from the Academic Community pp. 796-798

James G. Kendrick

The Role of the Academic Institution pp. 799-802

W. D. Downey

Growth, Resources, and Environment: Some Conceptual Issues pp. 803-809

Alan Randall

Scarcity and Growth: How Does It Look Today? pp. 810-814

Richard B. Norgaard

Balancing Environmental Quality, Energy Use, and Growth: Difficult Decisions pp. 815-818

Fred H. Abel

Implications of Energy and Environment upon Growth in the Food and Fiber Sector pp. 819-822

Theo F. Moriak

World Agriculture, Commodity Policy, and Price Variability pp. 823-828

D. Johnson

Energy, Government Policies, and the Structure of the Food and Fiber System pp. 829-835

George D. Irwin and J. B. Penn

Risk Response Models and Their Use in Agricultural Policy Evaluation pp. 836-843

Richard Just

Public Choice Theory: A New Approach to Institutional Economics pp. 844-850

Vincent Ostrom

Public Choice and the Quality of Life: Research Processes and Problems in Nonpecuniary Economics pp. 851-854

James Hite

Extension of Public Choice Ideas: A Reexamination of Professional Lore pp. 855-858

Edward Lutz

Public Choice, Agricultural Economics, and the Public Sector: A Public Sector Consumer's View pp. 859-862

Victor L. Arnold

An Economic Appraisal of Recent Commodity Market Performances pp. 863-865

John A. Schnittker

The Economics of Food Reserve Systems pp. 866-872

Anthony S. Rojko

The Problems and Challenges for International Commodity Models and Model Builders pp. 873-878

Walter C. Labys

The Role of the Agricultural Economist in Industry pp. 879-882

C. E. Erickson

The Relevance of University Research and Extension Activities in Agricultural Economics to Agribusiness Firms pp. 883-888

Claud L. Scroggs

Agricultural Economics as an Aid in Management Decision Making pp. 889-891

Carroll G. Brunthaver

Strategies for Long-Run Investment in Rural, Social, and Economic Statistics pp. 892-899

Bruce Gardner

Economic and Social Information for Rural America: Priorities for Immediate Improvement pp. 900-909

Raymond D. Vlasin, Lawrence W. Libby and Ronald L. Shelton

Concepts and Measurement of Agricultural Productivity pp. 910-915

Laurits R. Christensen

Inventory and Critique of Productivity Estimates in the U.S. Food and Fiber Sector pp. 916-921

Eric C. Howe and Charles R. Handy

Inventory and Critique of Estimates of U.S. Agricultural Capacity pp. 922-928

Heinz Spielmann and Eldon E. Weeks

Current Efforts at Estimation of Costs of Production in ERS pp. 929-933

Ronald D. Krenz

Farmers' Production Costs for Corn and Soybeans by Unit Size pp. 934-939

A. G. Mueller and R. A. Hinton

Weather Variation as a Cost-Price Uncertainty Factor as It Affects Corn and Soybean Production pp. 940-944

Roy Black

Livestock Aspects of Feed Grain Policy pp. 945-948

Harold F. Breimyer and V. James Rhodes

Will Public Service Jobs Cure Unemployment? pp. 949-952

Thomas F. Hady

The Impact of a Universal Income Maintenance Program on Income and Employment pp. 953-956

D. Lee Bawden

The Impact of Income Maintenance Programs on Investment and Growth pp. 957-960

Neal Walker and Luther G. Tweeten

Effectiveness of Public Income Redistributive Programs on Lower Income Groups pp. 961-965

Sylvia Lane

Volume 57, issue 4, 1975

The Capitalization of Real Property Taxes Levied on Farm Real Estate pp. 539-548

E. C. Pasour

Transfer of Development Rights: An Analysis of a New Land Use Policy Tool pp. 549-557

Richard L. Barrows and Bruce A. Prenguber

Problems and Solutions in Estimating the Demand for and Value of Rural Outdoor Recreation pp. 558-566

Russell L. Gum and William E. Martin

School Consolidation in Sparsely Populated Rural Areas: A Separable Programming Approach pp. 567-575

David W. Holland and John L. Baritelle

The Economic Impact of Controlling Nonpoint Pollution in Hardwood Forestland pp. 576-583

W. L. Miller and H. W. Everett

Disaggregation of Input-Output Models into Product Lines as an Economic Development Policy Tool pp. 584-590

James R. Simpson and John W. Adams

Prices and Incomes in Linear Programming Models pp. 591-600

John H. Duloy and Roger D. Norton

Efficiency Aspects of Profit-Sharing Systems versus Wage Systems pp. 601-612

James Markusen

The Rational Choice of Share Leasing and Implications for Efficiency pp. 613-621

J. G. Sutinen

Resource Allocation and Risk: A Case Study of Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya pp. 622-630

Jerome M. Wolgin

Imperfect Competition in a Vertical Market Network: The Case of Rubber in Thailand pp. 631-640

Laurence D. Stifel

Market Intervention Policies When Production Is Risky pp. 641-649

P. B. R. Hazell and Pasquale Scandizzo

Education and Allocative Efficiency in U.S. Agriculture pp. 650-657

Nabil Khaldi

Economic Class as a Measure of Farmers' Welfare pp. 658-664

Donald K. Larson

Measurement of the Economic Efficiency of Central-Fabrication-versus Carcass-Meat-Handling Systems pp. 665-675

C. W. O'Connor and T. M. Hammonds

Effects of Changes in the Level of U.S. Beef Imports pp. 676-688

John Freebairn and Gordon Rausser

The Measurement of Price Elasticities in International Trade pp. 689-691

Peter Tryfos

The Exchange Rate and U.S. Agriculture: Comment pp. 692-695

Amalia Vellianitis-Fidas

The Exchange Rate and U.S. Agriculture: Reply pp. 696-700

G. Edward Schuh

Natural Resources and Agriculture under Capitalism: Marx's Economic Model pp. 701-704

Michael Perelman

Marketable Surplus Functions for a Subsistence Crop: Rice in the Philippines pp. 705-709

Zenaida Toquero, Bart Duff, Teresa Anden-Lacsina and Yujiro Hayami

A Recursive Model of Consumption: The Case of Taiwan's Farm Families, 1964–66 pp. 710-713

Craig C. Wu and Abbas Mirakhor

Use of Scoring Models in Evaluating Research Programs pp. 714-718

C. Shumway and R. J. McCracken

The Short-Run Supply of Veal pp. 719-720

W. John Jordan

Variable Selection and Statistical Significance: A Sampling Experiment pp. 721-722

R. J. Freund and David Debertin

Improving Estimates of Economic Parameters by Use of Ridge Regression with Production Function Applications: Comment pp. 723-724

V. Smith

Real Property Taxes and Farm Real Estate Values: Incidence and Implications: Comment pp. 725

Robert J. Bevins

The Von Thuenen Paradigm, the Industrial-Urban Hypothesis, and the Spatial Structure of Agriculture: Comment pp. 726-727

David C. Garlow

The Von Thuenen Paradigm, the Industrial-Urban Hypothesis, and the Spatial Structure of Agriculture: Reply pp. 728-729

Martin T. Katzman

Efficiency and Equity in Public Research: Rice Breeding in Japan's Economic Development: Comment pp. 730-733

P Allen

Efficiency and Equity in Public Research: Rice Breeding in Japan's Economic Development: Reply pp. 734-735

Masakatsu Akino and Yujiro Hayami

Chenery, Hollis, Montek S. Ahluwalia, C. L. G. Bell, John H. Duloy, and Richard Jolly. Redistribution with Growth. New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1974, xx + 304 pp., $5.00 paper pp. 736-737

Dale W. Adams

Dick, Daniel T. Pollution, Congestion, and Nuisance. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath Co., 1974, xii + 177 pp., $12.50 pp. 737-738

Dale Colyer

Volume 57, issue 3, 1975

The Farm-Retail Price Spread in a Competitive Food Industry pp. 399-409

Bruce Gardner

Hedging and Income Stability: Concepts, Implications, and an Example pp. 410-419

Anne E. Peck

An Analysis of Alternative Grain Distribution Systems pp. 420-430

George W. Ladd and Dennis R. Lifferth

A Spatiotemporal Quality Competition Model of the Australian Sugarcane Processing Industry pp. 431-438

G. J. Ryland and J. W. B. Guise

Optimizing Seed Acreage: Decision Making with Production and Utilization Uncertainties pp. 439-449

M. Dean Ethridge, Fred C. White and D. Kannan

External Costs of Land Subsidence Houston-Baytown Area pp. 450-455

John P. Warren, Lonnie L. Jones, Ronald D. Lacewell and Wade L. Griffin

Groundwater Management and Salinity Control: A Case Study in Northwest Mexico pp. 456-462

James W. McFarland

An Economic Evaluation of Nitrogen Fertilization of Grasses When Carry-over is Significant pp. 463-471

M. S. Stauber, Oscar R. Burt and Fred Linse

Equilibrium Quantity and Timing of Mexican Vegetable Exports pp. 472-479

Richard L. Simmons and Carlos Pomareda

Systems Planning of Economic Development in Eastern Oklahoma pp. 480-489

James Nelson and Luther Tweeten

The Political Economy of Rural Development in Latin America: An Interpretation pp. 490-499

Alain de Janvry

Revisiting the Dorfman-Steiner Static Advertising Theorem: An Application to the Processed Grapefruit Industry pp. 500-504

Ronald W. Ward

Producer Returns from Increased Milk Advertising pp. 505-508

Stanley Thompson and Doyle A. Eiler

Development of a Systems Approach for Livestock Research in ERS pp. 509-512

Richard J. Crom

An Econometric Analysis of the Sorghum Market pp. 513-516

Sujit K. Roy and M. Edwin Ireland

Increasing Response Rates in Mailed Questionnaires: Comment pp. 517-519

Ralph M. Brooks, Vernon D. Ryan, Brian F. Blake and John R. Gordon

Increasing Response Rates in Mailed Questionnaires: Reply pp. 520-521

Rueben C. Buse

Institutional Affiliation of Authors of Contributions to the American Journal of Agricultural Economics—1953–1972: Comment pp. 522-524

Robert M. Finley

A Macro-Economic Model for Agricultural Sector Analysis: Errata pp. 525

Derek Byerlee

Cochrane, Willard W. Agricultural Development Planning. N.Y.: Praeger Publishers, 1974, xii + 223 pp., price unknown pp. 526

G. Edward Schuh

Gordon, Wendell. Economics from an Institutional Viewpoint. Austin: University Stores, 1973, ix + 389 pp., $5.95 pp. 526-528

Robert M. Finley

Nelson, Aaron G., Warren F. Lee, and William G. Murray. Agricultural Finance. 6th ed. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1973, ix + 413 pp., $11.50 pp. 528-529

Emanuel Melichar

O'Connor, Robert. Principles of Farm Business Analysis and Management. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1973, xvii + 442 pp., £ 5.00 pp. 529-530

Joseph F. Guinan

Volume 57, issue 2, 1975

Some Avenues for the Improvement of Price Forecasts Generated by Macroeconometric Models pp. 157-163

Joel Popkin

Econometric Models of the Agricultural Sector pp. 164-171

Gordon A. King

Needed Improvements in Application of Models for Agriculture Commodity Price Forecasting pp. 172-177

William A. Cromarty and Walter M. Myers

Some Avenues for the Improvement of Price Forecasts Generated by Macroeconometric Models: Discussion pp. 178-180

Robert J. Mackay and Warren Weber

Econometric Models of the Agricultural Sector: Discussion pp. 181-184

Luther Tweeten

Needed Improvements in Application of Models for Agriculture Commodity Price Forecasting: Discussion pp. 185-187

Hazen F. Gale

Impact of Changing Structure of the Food Industries on Food Supply and Price pp. 188-195

Forrest E. Walters

Emerging Effectiveness of Competition and the Need for Consumer Protection pp. 196-205

D. I. Padberg

Public Policy Changes Needed to Cope with Changing Structure pp. 206-213

Dale C. Dahl

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 214-215

James E. Martin

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 216-218

A. C. Hoffman

Interaction of Energy and Food Prices in Less Developed Countries pp. 219-224

Charles Timmer

The Relative Bargaining Strengths of the Developing Countries pp. 225-236

Ernest Stern and Wouter Tims

Domestic Adjustments to Higher Raw Material and Energy Prices in Less Developed Countries pp. 237-245

T. L. Sankar

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 246-248

Emery N. Castle

Proceedings: Discussion pp. 249-250

Raymond F. Mikesell

The Economics of Outer Continental Shelf Leasing pp. 251-258

Robert J. Kalter, Thomas H. Stevens and Oren A. Bloom

Simulated Beef Feedlot Behavior under Alternative Water Pollution Control Rules pp. 259-268

D. Lynn Forster

The Role of Sectoral Technical Change in Development: Japan, 1880–1965 pp. 269-278

Mitoshi Yamaguchi and Hans Binswanger-Mkhize

Interest Rate Determination in Underdeveloped Rural Areas pp. 279-291

Anthony Bottomley

Analysis of Aggregation Errors in Linear Programming Planning Models pp. 292-301

Alvin C. Egbert and Hyung M. Kim

Ownership of Farm Trucks for Hauling Grain: An Application of Multivariate Logit Analysis pp. 302-308

Suren(dra) Kulshreshtha

A Cross-Spectral Analysis of Beef Prices pp. 309-315

Hiram C. Barksdale, Jimmy E. Hilliard and Mikael C. Ahlund

Estimating the Returns to Information: A Gaming Approach pp. 316-321

David Debertin, Gerald A. Harrison, Robert J. Rades and Lawrence P. Bohl

Cost Rates of Extending Unemployment Insurance to Agricultural Employment pp. 322-329

Joachim Elterich and Richard Bieker

Some Problems in Estimating the Demand for Outdoor Recreation pp. 330-334

Kenneth E. McConnell

Implications of Uncertainty for the Measurement of Efficiency pp. 335-339

E. C. Pasour and J. Bruce Bullock

Some Implications of the "New Theory of Consumer Behavior" for Interpreting Estimated Demand Elasticities pp. 340-343

Thomas F. Hogarty and Robert J. Mackay

On the Use of Theil's Inequality Coefficients pp. 344-346

Raymond M. Leuthold

Risk Aversion under Profit Maximization pp. 347-352

Richard Just

A Mathematical Model of a Village Cooperative Based on the Decomposition Principle of Linear Programming pp. 353-357

Josef Bar

The Composition Ratio, Returns to Scale, and the Effect of Concentration on Production pp. 358-360

L. Shashua and Y. Goldschmidt

A Bayesian Application on Cobb-Douglas Production Function pp. 361-363

S. Roy Chowdhury, Vishnuprasad Nagadevara and Earl O. Heady

Canadian Supply Functions for Livestock and Meat: Comment pp. 364-365

Thomas E. Elam

Canadian Supply Functions for Livestock and Meat: Reply pp. 366-367

Peter Tryfos

Migration Analysis and Farm Number Projection Models: A Synthesis: Comment pp. 368-369

O. A. Cleveland and Michael S. Salkin

Migration Analysis and Farm Number Projection Models: A Synthesis: Reply pp. 370-371

J. A. MacMillan and F. L. Tung

A Neoclassical Analysis of the U.S. Farm Sector, 1948–1970: An Addendum pp. 372

John Rosine and Peter Helmberger

Oltmans, Willem L., ed. On Growth. N.Y.: Capricorn Books and G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974, xii + 494 pp., $9.95 pp. 373

Harold F. Breimyer

Wilcox, Walter W., Willard W. Cochrane, and Robert W. Herdt. Economics of American Agriculture. 3d ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1974, viii + 504 pp., $14.95 pp. 374

P. W. Lytle

Volume 57, issue 1, 1975

Efficiency and Equity in Public Research: Rice Breeding in Japan's Economic Development pp. 1-10

Masakatsu Akino and Yujiro Hayami

The Social Profitability of Subsidies for Agricultural Exports: The Case of Ghana pp. 11-20

Walter Haessel and Edward Vickery

Improving Estimates of Economic Parameters by Use of Ridge Regression with Production Function Applications pp. 21-32

William G. Brown and Bruce R. Beattie

Internalizing Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution Externalities: A Case Study pp. 33-39

Gerald L. Horner

Economic Criteria for Freshwater Wetland Policy in Massachusetts pp. 40-45

Tirath R. Gupta and John H. Foster

Employment Impacts of the Economic Development Administration's Public Works Program pp. 46-54

Richard L. Barrows and Daniel Bromley

A Spatial and Temporal Model of the North American Pork Sector for the Evaluation of Policy Alternatives pp. 55-66

Larry Martin and Anthony C. Zwart

Impact of Alternative Class I Pricing Systems on Fluid Milk Prices pp. 67-73

John B. Riley and Leo V. Blakley

Estimating a Theoretical Contract Curve between Vertical Stages in the Illinois Grain Industry pp. 74-82

E. Dean Baldwin and Lowell D. Hill

Weight Loss of Fed Steers during Marketing pp. 83-89

Ronald Raikes and Daniel S. Tilley

Effect of a Controlled Price Increase on School Lunch Participation: Pittsburgh 1973 pp. 90-96

George A. Braley and Paul E. Nelson

Measuring Farmers' Trade-Offs between Expected Income and Focus-Loss Income pp. 97-105

J. P. G. Webster and John Kennedy

The Substitution of Technology for Nature: The Case of Recreation pp. 106-110

C. Dirck Ditwiler

The Price and Income Elasticities of Home Consumption and Marketed Surplus of Foodgrains pp. 111-115

Walter Haessel

The Price Responsiveness of Primary Producers: A Relative Supply Approach pp. 116-118

Animesh Ghoshal

Reservation and Market Demands for Sweet Potatoes at the Farm Level pp. 119-121

Ronald A. Schrimper and Gene A. Mathia

A Production Function Model for Aggregate Time-Series Data pp. 122-123

C. Robert Taylor

Significance Tests of Regression Coefficients: An Additional Reminder pp. 124

David Debertin

Real Property Taxes and Farm Real Estate Values: Incidence and Implications: Comment pp. 125-126

Brady J. Deaton and S. Darrell Mundy

Efficiency and Equity in Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: Comment pp. 127

Clifford Dickason

A Practical Way to Select an Optimum Farm Plan Under Risk: Comment pp. 128-131

Peter J. Barry and Lindon J. Robinson

Multi-Frequency Cobweb Model: Decomposition of the Hog Cycle: Comment pp. 132-133

Itshak Borosh and Hovav Talpaz

The Exchange Rate and U.S. Agriculture: Comment pp. 134-135

Thomas Grennes

The Exchange Rate and U.S. Agriculture: Reply pp. 136-137

G. Edward Schuh

Information, Power and Academic Responsibility: Comment pp. 138

Vern Elefson

Information, Power and Academic Responsibility: Reply pp. 139

Alan Randall

On the Issue of Membership in the AAEA pp. 140-141

A. Barry Carr

A Note from the Editor pp. 142-143

William G. Tomek

Berger, Peter L., Brigitte Berger, and Hensfried Kellner. The Homeless Mind: Modernization and Consciousness. New York: Vintage Books, 1974, x + 258 pp., $1.95 paper pp. 144-145

Carlos Benito

Leed, Theodore W., and Gene A. Garman. Food Merchandising, Principles and Practices. New York: Chain Store Age Books, 1973, 389 pp., $9.95 pp. 146

Edgar P. Watkins

Mäler, Karl-Goran. Environmental Economics: A Theoretical Inquiry and Seneca, Joseph J., and Michael Taussig. Environmental Economics pp. 146-147

Joseph Havlicek