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Volume 56, issue 5, 1974

Accountability and Innovation: Challenges for Agricultural Economists pp. 865-877

James Nielson

Some Impaets of the Changing Energy Situation on U. S. Agriculture pp. 878-887

Harold O. Carter and James G. Youde

Petroleum for U. S. Agriculture pp. 888-895

Robert R. Wilson

Energy Research Opportunities for Agricultural Economists pp. 896-903

Norman K. Whittlesey and Walter R. Butcher

Session 1—Energy and U. S. Agriculture: Discussants pp. 903

Loyd K. Fischer, Linley E. Juers and Timothy D. Mount

Cooperative Strategies in Imperfectly Competitive Market Structures—A Policy Perspective pp. 904-912

Ronald D. Knutson

The Role of Low-Income Rural Cooperatives in Community Development pp. 913-918

T. T. Williams

Session 2—The Role of Cooperatives in Future Agriculture: Discussants pp. 918

C. Phillip Baumel and Ronald Bird

Economic Trade-Offs in Multiple-Use Management of Forest Lands pp. 919-926

Marion Clawson

Timber Supply: Goals, Prospects, Problems pp. 927-935

William A. Duerr

Session 3—Forest Economics: Discussants pp. 935

Neil Cook, Lawrence S. Davis, J. Dean Jansma, Charles R. Miller and Thomas J. Mills

Public Service Delivery in Rural Areas: Problems and Decisions pp. 936-945

Lonnie L. Jones and Paul H. Gessaman

Local Funding of Rural Public Services pp. 946-952

Wilbur R. Maki

Non-Local Funding of Rural Public Services pp. 953-958

John S. Bottum

Financing Public Services in Rural Areas: A Synthesis pp. 959-963

B. R. Eddleman

Concepts of the Agricultural Economy and Economic Accounting pp. 964-975

Thomas A. Carlin and Charles R. Handy

Monitoring the Agricultural Economy: Strains on the Data System pp. 976-983

Eldon E. Weeks, Gerald E. Schluter and Leland W. Southard

Public Policy Demands and Statistical Measures of Agriculture pp. 984-988

Leo V. Mayer and J. Dawson Ahalt

Session 5—Measuring the Reality of Modern Agriculture: New Concepts and Statistical Systems: Discussants pp. 988

C. Edward Budd, Karl A. Fox and H. O. Hartley

Food, Agriculture, and Rural Welfare: Domestic Policies in an Uncertain World pp. 989-997

Willard Cochrane

Conflicts Over Changes in Scarcity: An Economic Approach pp. 998-1004

Theodore Schultz

Perspective on Research and Education for Commercial Agriculture pp. 1005-1008

Robert W. Long

Economic Research and Education for Commercial Agriculture pp. 1009-1013

Richard L. Kohls

Session 6—Economic Research and Education for Commercial Agriculture: Discussants pp. 1013

Dale E. Butz, Ludwig M. Eisgruber, Olan D. Forker and B. H. Robinson

The Subsector as a Conceptual Framework for Guiding and Conducting Research pp. 1014-1022

Ben C. French

Hog Pork Subsector Study in Review: Research and Administrative Experience pp. 1023-1029

Wilfred V. Candler and Alden C. Manchester

Session 7—Subsector Analysis—An Appraisal: Discussants pp. 1029

J. Bruce Bullock, Donald E. Farris, Charles E. Franch and James D. Shaffer

Food from the Sea: An Economic Perspective of the Seafood Market pp. 1030-1037

Richard Marasco

The Economist and the Seafood Producer pp. 1038-1045

Frederick J. Smith

Session 8—Marine Economics: Production and Marketing of Seafood Products: Discussants pp. 1046

James C. Cato, Charles W. Coale and Donald F. Mulvihill

Impact of Monetary Actions on Farm Income and Finance pp. 1047-1055

Darryl R. Francis

Farm Finance and National Economic Policy—Some Gaps in Knowledge pp. 1056-1062

John R. Brake

Sources and Uses of Funds in Agriculture pp. 1063-1064

Olin B. Quinn

Session 9—Agricultural Finance and Economic Policy: Discussants pp. 1065

Peter J. Barry, Marshall Burkes and Mona E. Dingle

A Model of an Agricultural Labor Union pp. 1066-1075

George W. Ladd

Work Behavior of Low-Income, Rural Nonfarm Wage Earners pp. 1076-1083

D. Lee Bawden

Economic Implications of Unemployment Insurance for Agriculture pp. 1084-1092

Stanley K. Seaver and James S. Holt

Session 10—Agricultural and Rural Labor Resources: Discussants pp. 1092

Wallace Huffman, James A. MacMillan and James Webb

American Agriculture's Capacity to Meet Future Demands pp. 1093-1102

G. E. Brandow

Domestic Food Costs pp. 1103-1112

Leo V. Blakley

Some Economic Aspects of Agricultural Regulation and Stabilization pp. 1113-1124

James P. Houck

Balanced Population and Economic Growth: Policy and Research pp. 1125-1134

W. B. Back

Public Goods in Rural Areas: Problems, Policies, and Population pp. 1135-1142

Paul W. Barkley

Land Use Policy: Implications for Commercial Agriculture pp. 1143-1152

Lawrence W. Libby

Session 11—National Population Distribution Policies and Programs: Discussants pp. 1152

Frank M. Goode, Burl F. Long and Dean F. Schreiner

Off-Campus Work and Study Experience Programs for Undergraduate Students in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business Management pp. 1153-1162

Milton M. Snodgrass

Selected Alternative Programs for Bringing the Real World to the Undergraduate Classroom pp. 1163-1175

Charles E. French

Session 12—Interfacing the Classroom and the World of Work: Discussants pp. 1175

James G. Kendrick, Richard K. Noles, Bernard L. Sanders and Tom C. Veblen

Objectives of International Training in Agricultural Economics pp. 1176-1181

D. Johnson

Institutional Roles and Training Issues in International Agricultural Development pp. 1182-1190

Darrell F. Fienup

Ways to Improve International Training pp. 1191-1198

Lyle P. Schertz and Walter P. Falcon

Session 13—Training in International Agricultural Development: The Role of the American Agricultural Economics Profession: Discussants pp. 1198

Emery N. Castle and Roger W. Fox

Analysis of the Accuracy of USDA Hog Farrowings Statistics pp. 1213-1217

James M. Thomson

Volume 56, issue 4, 1974

The Von Thuenen Paradigm, the Industrial-Urban Hypothesis, and the Spatial Structure of Agriculture pp. 683-696

Martin T. Katzman

Optimal Advertising Signals in the Florida Citrus Industry: A Research Application pp. 697-705

Eithan Hochman, Uri Regev and Ronald W. Ward

Price Expectations and the Welfare Gains from Price Stabilization pp. 706-716

Stephen J Turnovsky

A Neoclassical Analysis of the U. S. Farm Sector, 1948–1970 pp. 717-729

John Rosine and Peter Helmberger

On Sources of Measured Technical Efficiency: The Impact of Information pp. 730-738

Jürgen Müller

A Model of the U. S. Apple Industry: A Quadratic Interregional Intertemporal Activity Analysis Formulation pp. 739-750

Hilarius W. Fuchs, Robert W. Bohall and Raymond O. P. Farrish

Rural Poverty and Government Intervention: The Case of the Argentine Yerba Mate Industry pp. 751-763

Raul Fiorentino and Gerald W. Dean

Risk, Learning, and the Adoption of Fertilizer Responsive Seed Varieties pp. 764-768

L. Dean Hiebert

Strategy for Pesticide Use: Frequency and Applications pp. 769-775

Hovav Talpaz and Itshak Borosh

Effects of Tax Depreciation Policy and Investment Incentives on Optimal Equipment Replacement Decisions pp. 776-783

Anthony H. Chisholm

Institutional Affiliation of Authors of Contributions to the American Journal of Agricultural Economics—1953–1972 pp. 784-790

David W. Holland and John C. Redman

An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Land Use Practices to Control Water Quality pp. 791-798

James J. Jacobs and John F. Timmons

Strip-Mined Land Reclamation with Sewage Sludge: An Economic Simulation pp. 799-804

Wesley D. Seitz

Individual Income Redistribution and Publicly Provided Irrigation: The Columbia Basin Project pp. 805-811

Craig L. Infanger and Walter R. Butcher

Agricultural Economics in a Less Expansible Economy pp. 812-815

Harold F. Breimyer

U. S. Graduate Students from Less Developed Countries pp. 816-818

Russell Stevenson

On Appraising Environmental Institutions: Comment pp. 819-822

Daniel Bromley

On Appraising Environmental Institutions: Comment pp. 823-825

Alan Randall

On Appraising Environmental Institutions: Reply pp. 826

J. A. Seagraves

Farm Commodity Price Stabilization through Futures Markets: Comment pp. 827-828

Wilfred Candler

Farm Commodity Price Stabilization through Futures Markets: Reply pp. 829

Paul L. Farris

Economic Aspects of Ground Water Resources and Replacement Flows in Semiarid Agricultural Areas: Comment pp. 830-831

R. G. Cummings and J. W. McFarland

Economic Aspects of Ground Water Resources and Replacement Flows in Semiarid Agricultural Areas: Reply pp. 832

Micha Gisser and Abraham Mercado

Estimating Educational Production Functions for Rural High Schools: Comment pp. 833-834

Michael Bradley

Estimating Educational Production Functions for Rural High Schools: Reply pp. 835-836

Richard F. Bieker and Kurt R. Anschel

Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in Sã Paulo, Brazil: Comment pp. 837-839

Alberto R. Musalem

Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in São Paulo, Brazil: Further Comments pp. 840-841

R. Gerald Saylor

Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in São Paulo, Brazil: Reply pp. 842-844

Harry W. Ayer and G. Edward Schuh

Bauer, P. T., Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1972, 550 pp. ($15.00) pp. 845-846

William Barber

Bird, Richard M., Taxing Agricultural Land in Developing Countries, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1914, xvi + 361 pp. ($14.50) pp. 846-847

Eldon D. Smith

Hardin, Charles M., Presidential Power and Accountability: Toward a New Constitution, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1974, vii + 257 pp. ($7.95) pp. 847-848

Donald E. Boles

Johnson, D. Gale, World Agriculture in Disarray, New York, Macmillan (cloth), Fontana (paper), 1973, 304 pp. ($10.95 cloth, $4.95 paper) pp. 848-849

Jimmye S. Hillman

Kelley, Allen C., Jeffrey G. Williamson, and Russell J. Cheetham, Dualistic Economic Development, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1972, vii + 399 pp. ($12.50) pp. 849-850

John W. Mellor

Lewis, W. Cris, Jay C. Anderson, Herbert H. Fullerton, B. Delworth Gardner, Regional Growth and Water Resource Investment, Lexington, D. C. Heath and Company, 1973, xi + 172 pp. ($14.00) pp. 850-851

William E. Martin

Nelson, Michael, the Development of Tropical Lands: Policy Issues in Latin America, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future, Inc., 1973, xvii + 306 pp. $12.50 pp. 851-852

J. Price Gittinger

Paauw, Douglas S., and John C. H. Fei, the Transition of Open Dualistic Economies: Theory and Southeast Asian Experience, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1973, xii + 306 pp. ($12.50) pp. 852-853

Walter Haessel

Wong, John, Land Reform in the People's Republic of China: Institutional Transformation in Agriculture, New York, Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1973, xxiv + 319 pp. ($20.00) pp. 853-854

Ramon H. Myers

Volume 56, issue 3, 1974

An Empirical Test of Utility vs. Profit Maximization in Agricultural Production pp. 497-508

William Lin, G. W. Dean and C. V. Moore

A Model of a Bargaining Cooperative pp. 509-519

George W. Ladd

A Macro-Economic Model for Agricultural Sector Analysis pp. 520-533

Derek Byerlee and A. N. Halter

Farm Size, Rural Community Income, and Consumer Welfare pp. 534-542

Earl O. Heady and Steven T. Sonka

Optimal Agricultural Pest Management with Increasing Pest Resistance pp. 543-552

D. Hueth and U. Regev

Short and Long Run Elasticities in Consumer Demand Theory pp. 553-555

Abraham Subotnik

On Exact Multicollinearity and the Estimation of the Cobb-Douglas Production Function pp. 556-563

John P. Doll

Sparse Data, Estimational Reliability, and Risk-Efficient Decisions pp. 564-572

Jock Anderson

Applying Theory of Signal Detection in Marketing: Product Development and Evaluation pp. 573-577

Robert C. Angus and Terry C. Daniel

A Benefit-Burden Analysis of Public School Financing: The Impact on Rural and Urban Taxpayers pp. 578-585

Richard N. Boisvert and Harry P. Mapp

Benefits and Costs of a Physician to a Community pp. 586-593

Hans D. Radtke

Compensating the "Human Costs" of Increased Productivity of Fluid Milk Drivers pp. 594-599

Lynn G. Sleight and James W. Gruebele

Farm Population Decline and the Income of Rural Families pp. 600-606

Bruce Gardner

Agricultural Districts: A Compromise Approach to Agricultural Preservation pp. 607-613

H. E. Conklin and W. R. Bryant

Transferability of Microeconomic Data over Time: An Illustration pp. 614-621

L. L. Sammet

Marginal Risk Constraint Linear Program for Activity Analysis pp. 622-627

Joyce T. Chen and C. B. Baker

The Solution of Nonlinear Separable Programs pp. 628-634

Alan Woodland

Toward a Better System of Data for the Food and Fiber Industry pp. 635-637

M. L. Upchurch

The Journal as a Reference Source—1959–1968: Comment pp. 638

Richard J. Foote

The Journal as a Reference Source—1959–1968: Comment pp. 639-640

A. Barry Carr

The Journal as a Reference Source—1959–1968: Reply pp. 641

Robert M. Finley and Richard B. Barger

On the Timing and Application of Pesticides: Comment pp. 642-643

Itshak Borosh and Hovav Talpaz

On the Timing and Application of Pesticides: Reply pp. 644-645

Darwin C. Hall and Richard B. Norgaard

Sparse Data, Climatic Variability, and Yield Uncertainty in Response Analysis: Comment pp. 646

Ross G. Drynan and Bruce L. Lugton

Sparse Data, Climatic Variability, and Yield Uncertainty in Response Analysis: Reply pp. 647

Jock Anderson

Project Selection and Macroeconomic Objectives: Comment pp. 648-649

William Ward

Project Selection and Macroeconomic Objectives: Reply pp. 650-651

Stephen E. McGaughey and Erik Thorbecke

The Process of an Innovation Cycle: Comment pp. 652-653

Dana G. Dalrymple

The Process of an Innovation Cycle: Reply pp. 654

Yoav Kislev

Costs and Returns of Education in Five Agricultural Areas of Eastern Brazil: Comment pp. 655-656

R. Paul Shaw

Costs and Returns of Education in Five Agricultural Areas of Eastern Brazil: Reply pp. 657-658

George F. Patrick and Earl W. Kehrberg

A More General Definition of the Economic Region of Production, Permitting Variable Input and Product Prices pp. 659-661

William G. Brown and Frank Anderson

Aaron, Henry J., Shelter and Subsidies: Who Benefits from Federal Housing Policies? and Downs, Anthony, Federal Housing Subsidies: How Are They Working? pp. 662-663

Wallace F. Smith

Berthold, Theodor, Die Agrarpreispolitik der DDH: Ziele, Mittel, Wirkungen, Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 1972, 295 pp. (DM 45.00) pp. 663-664

Hans G. Hirsch

Galbraith, John Kenneth, Economics and the Public Purpose, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973, xvi + 334 pp. ($10.00.) pp. 664-665

Rudolph C. Blitz

Gossling, W. F., Productivity Trends in a Sectoral Macro-Economic Model: A Study of American Agriculture and Supporting Industries 1919–1964, London, Frank Cass and Company, 1972, xxii + 296 pp. (£7.50) pp. 665-666

H. O. Carter

Harberger, Arnold C., Project Evaluation: Collected Papers, Chicago, Markham Publishing Company, 1973, xii + 330 pp. ($15.00) pp. 666-668

Leonard Merewitz

Harriss, C. Lowell, ed., Government Spending and Land Values, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1973, xix + 239 pp. ($10.00) pp. 668

Paul R. Johnson

Markham, Jesse W., Conglomerate Enterprise and Public Policy, Boston, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1973, xviii + 218 pp. ($9.00) pp. 669-670

Lee E. Preston

Shaw, Edward S., Financial Deepening in Economic Development, New York, Oxford University Press, 1973, xii + 260 pp. ($7.50 cloth, $3.50 paper) pp. 670

Hans O. Schmitt

Wildsmith, J. B., Managerial Theories of the Firm, New York, the Dunellen Company, 1974, iv + 140 pp. ($10.00) pp. 670-671

Daniel I. Padberg

Volume 56, issue 2, 1974

Economics of Technical Change in Wheat Production in the Indian Punjab pp. 217-226

Surjit S. Sidhu

Information, Power and Academic Responsibility pp. 227-234

Alan Randall

Competitive Demand Structures under Risk in Agricultural Linear Programming Models pp. 235-244

P. B. R. Hazell and Pasquale Scandizzo

Supply Response and Marketing Strategies for Deciduous Crops pp. 245-253

John L. Baritelle and David W. Price

The Egg Cycle and the Ability of Recursive Models to Explain It pp. 254-262

David G. Hartman

Food Demand Matrix in an Approximate Linear Expenditure System pp. 263-270

Kozo Sasaki and Yoshikiyo Saegusa

The Price Performance on the Futures Market of a Nonstorable Commodity: Live Beef Cattle pp. 271-279

Raymond M. Leuthold

Market Intermediaries and Price Instability: Some Welfare Implications pp. 280-285

Jurg Bieri and Andrew Schmitz

Social Cost of Alternative Dairy Price Support Levels pp. 286-291

Boyd M. Buxton and Jerome W. Hammond

Migration Analysis and Farm Number Projection Models: A Synthesis pp. 292-299

James A. MacMillan, F. L. Tung and John R. Tulloch

The Impact of Benefit Spillovers upon Economic Efficiency in Public School Finance pp. 300-305

David W. Holland

Changes in Industries Located in the Nonmetropolitan South, 1959–1969 pp. 306-309

Thomas E. Till

Comparative Advantage among African Coffee Producers pp. 310-313

Scott R. Pearson and Ronald K. Meyer

First-Best and Second-Best Policies of Pricing an Imported Input: The Case of Fertilizer in Taiwan, 1950–1966 pp. 314-322

Robert C. Hsu

Chile's Experiments in Agrarian Reform: Four Colonization Projects Revisited pp. 323-330

William C. Thiesenhusen

An Analysis of the Impact of Manure Disposal Regulations on Dairy Farms pp. 331-336

Muhammad Ashraf and Robert L. Christensen

Fertilizer Response Information and Income Gains: The Case of Potatoes in Peru pp. 337-343

James G. Ryan and Richard Perrin

Estimation of Flexibility Coefficients for Recursive Programming Models—Alternative Approaches pp. 344-350

R. K. Sahi and W. J. Craddock

The World Food Situation in Perspective pp. 351-358

Don Paarlberg

Food Policy Issues in the United States pp. 359-363

Leo V. Mayer and Gary L. Seevers

U. S. Policies for Food and Agriculture in an Unstable World pp. 364-371

Luther Tweeten and James Plaxico

U. S. Policies for Food, Agriculture and Trade: Discussion pp. 372-374

D. E. Hathaway

U. S. Policies for Food, Agriculture and Trade: Discussion pp. 374-376

Howard W. Hjort

A Cost Function Approach to the Measurement of Elasticities of Factor Demand and Elasticities of Substitution pp. 377-386

Hans Binswanger-Mkhize

The "Green Revolution" in Recent Development Experience pp. 387-394

Robert Evenson

Factor Productivity in Agriculture: Discussion pp. 394-395

Jere Behrman

Factor Productivity in Agriculture: Discussion pp. 395-396

E. J. R. Booth

Incentive Policy and Supplies of Energy Sources pp. 397-403

Stephen L. McDonald

Policies for Energy Research and Development pp. 404-411

Milton F. Searl and Harry Perry

Dynamic Demand Analyses for Gasoline and Residential Electricity pp. 412-418

Hendrik Houthakker, Philip K. Verleger and Dennis P. Sheehan

Electricity Consumption: Supply Requirements, Demand Elasticity and Rate Design pp. 419-427

John W. Wilson

Energy Supply and Demand in the United States: Discussion pp. 427-429

Timothy D. Mount

Energy Supply and Demand in the United States: Discussion pp. 429-431

A. Myrick Freeman

Energy Supply and Demand in the United States: Discussion pp. 431-433

Richard L. Gordon

Energy Supply and Demand in the United States: Discussion pp. 433-435

Walter J. Mead

The AAEA: Its Responsibility for Instructional Leadership pp. 436-440

John Sjo

The Food Stamp Program and Unit-Consumer Households—A Suggested Revision pp. 441-443

William T. Boehm

The Valuation of Income Redistribution Impacts pp. 444-447

Kenneth Lyon

AAEA's Unsung Heroes, Unglamorous Roles, and Unmet Challenges pp. 448-449

Harold F. Breimyer

Suggested Sectors for Input-Output Models of Rural Areas pp. 450-452

Bill Miller and Leon H. Langley

Use of Linear Programming in Capital Budgeting With Multiple Goals: Comment pp. 453-455

George Morse

Use of Linear Programming in Capital Budgeting With Multiple Goals: Reply pp. 456

Wilfred Candler and Michael Boehlje

Adelman, M. A., The World Petroleum Market, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future, Inc., 1972, xviii + 438 pp. ($22.50 cloth, $5.95 paper) pp. 457-458

Duane Chapman

Barnard, C. S., and J. S. Nix, Farm Planning and Control, New York, Cambridge. University Press, 1973, viii + 550 pp. ($22.50) pp. 458-459

Vernon Eidman

Berg, Alan (portions with Robert J. Muscat), The Nutrition Factor: Its Role in National Development, Washington, D. C., The Brookings Institution, 1973, viii + 290 pp. ($8.95 cloth, $3.50 paper) pp. 459-460

William O. Jones

Collinson, M. P., Farm Management in Peasant Agriculture: A Handbook for Rural Development Planning in Africa, New York, Praeger Publishers Inc., 1972, xxvi + 444pp. ($22.50) Upton, Martin, Farm Management in Africa, London, Oxford University Press, 1973, xiv + 341 pp. ($17.50) pp. 460-461

Warren H. Vincent

Hightower, Jim, Hard Tomatoes, Hard Times: A Report of the Agribusiness Accountability Project on the Failure of America's Land Grant College Complex, Cambridge, Schenkman PubIishing Company, 1973, xviii + 268 pp. ($9.50 cloth, $4.95 paper) pp. 461-462

Alex F. McCalla

Hopkin, John A., Peter J. Barry, and C. B. Baker, Financial Management in Agriculture, Danville, The Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc., 1973, x + 459 pp. ($10.75) pp. 462-463

R. N. Weigle

James, P. G., Agricultural Policy in Wealthy Countries, London, Angus and Robertson, 1971, xiii + 368 pp. ($3.75 paper) pp. 463-464

James Vermeer

Kelso, Maurice M., William E. Martin, and Lawrence E. Mack, Water Supplies and Economic Growth in an Arid Environment: An Arizona Case Study, Tucson, The University of Arizona Press, 1973, xviii + 327 pp. ($8.50 paper) pp. 464-465

J. Herbert Snyder

McCoy, John H., Livestock and Meat Marketing, Westport, The Avi Publishing Co., Inc., 1972, ix + 465 pp. ($21.00) pp. 465

Joseph C. Purcell

Musgrave, Richard A., and Peggy B. Musgrave, Public Finance in Theory and Practice, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973, xv + 762 pp. ($12.50) pp. 465-466

Jon M. Conrad

Volume 56, issue 1, 1974

The Exchange Rate and U. S. Agriculture pp. 1-13

G. Edward Schuh

An Investigation of the Importance of Risk in Farmers' Decisions pp. 14-25

Richard Just

Guaranteed Price Adjustment and Market Stability in the United Kingdom: The Case of Beef and Milk pp. 26-37

Martin Evans

Multi-Frequency Cobweb Model: Decomposition of the Hog Cycle pp. 38-49

Hovav Talpaz

Industrial Growth in the Tennessee Valley Region, 1959 to 1968 pp. 50-60

Charles B. Garrison

A Utility Approach to the Valuation of Recreational and Aesthetic Experiences pp. 61-72

J. A. Sinden

Factor Substitution in Colombian Agriculture pp. 73-84

Wayne Thirsk

Decision Making: The Role of Education pp. 85-97

Wallace Huffman

Alternative Measures of Supply Elasticities: The Case of São Paulo Coffee pp. 98-106

R. Gerald Saylor

Canadian Supply Functions for Livestock and Meat pp. 107-113

Peter Tryfos

Programming for Agricultural Development: The Case of Egypt pp. 114-121

Naiem A. Sherbiny and Mokhlis Y. Zaki

The Measurement of Buyer Brand Preference and Indifference Under Changing Terms of Trade pp. 122-128

Evan E. Anderson

Credit Card Purchasing and Static Consumer Behavior Theory pp. 129-134

Thomas Sporleder and Robert R. Wilson

Spatial Price Differentials for Corn among Illinois Country Elevators pp. 135-144

Leroy Davis and Lowell Hill

Farm Type Classification Systems: Another Look at an Old Problem pp. 145-149

Don D. Pretzer and Robert M. Finley

Market Liquidity in the FCOJ Futures Market pp. 150-154

Ronald W. Ward

American Agriculture and the Prophecy of Increasing Misery: Comment pp. 155-159

Gerald Schluter

American Agriculture and the Prophecy of Increasing Misery: Comment pp. 160-161

James R. Simpson

American Agriculture and the Prophecy of Increasing Misery: Comment pp. 162-164

W. W. McPherson

American Agriculture and the Prophecy of Increasing Misery: Comment pp. 165-167

Michael Perelman

American Agriculture and the Prophecy of Increasing Misery: Reply pp. 168-170

Theodore Lianos and Quirino Paris

Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in São Paulo, Brazil: Comment pp. 171-174

R. Gerald Saylor

Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in São Paulo, Brazil: Reply pp. 175-176

Harry W. Ayer and G. Edward Schuh

Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in São Paulo, Brazil: Comment pp. 177

Wolfgang Bönig

Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in São Paulo, Brazil: Reppy pp. 178-179

Harry W. Ayer and G. Edward Schuh

Resource Investments, Impact Distribution, and Evaluation Concepts: Comment pp. 180-182

H. J. Vaux

Resource Investments, Impact Distribution, and Evaluation Concepts: Reply pp. 183-184

R. J. Kalter and T. H. Stevens

Welfare Analysis of the Voluntary Corn Diversion Program: Supplementary Equations and Projections pp. 185-187

Leroy J. Hushak

Inadequacy of the Cost-Benefit Ratio as a Measure of the Public Interest pp. 188-191

R. E. Moody

On the Misuse of Significance Tests pp. 192

R. J. Freund

Forrester, J. W., World Dynamics, Meadows, Donnella H., Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, William W. Behrens, III, The Limits to Growth and Meadows, Dennis L., and Donella H. Meadows, eds., Toward Global Equilibrium: Collected Papers pp. 193-196

G. E. Brandow, Richard H. Day and Evan Koenig

Boulding, Kenneth E., and Martin Pfaff, eds., Redistribution to the Rich and the Poor: The Grants Economics of Income Distribution, Belmont, Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1972, ix + 390 pp. ($4.95 paper) pp. 196-197

Luther Tweeten

Frankel, Francine R., India's Green Revolution: Economic Gains and Political Costs, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1971, vii + 232 pp. ($7.50) pp. 197-198

Don Kanel

Fuchs, Victor R., ed., Essays in the Economics of Health and Medical Care and Grossman, Michael, The Demand for Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation pp. 199-200

David Salkever

Knapp, Joseph G., The Advance of American Cooperative Enterprise: 1920–1945, Danville, the Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc., 1973, xvii + 646 pp. ($9.95) pp. 200-201

Ronald D. Knutson

Nader, Ralph, and Mark J. Green, eds., Corporate Power in America, New York, Grossman Publishers, 1973, x + 309 pp. ($7.95) pp. 201-203

Charles E. French

McKinnon, Ronald I., Money and Capital in Economic Development, Washington, D. C., The Brookings Institution, 1973, xii + 184 pp. ($7.50 ) pp. 201

Donald A. Wells

Zarembka, Paul, Toward A Theory of Economic Development, San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1972, xiv + 249 pp. ($11.95) pp. 203-204

Pan A. Yotopoulos