OPTIMAL STRUCTURE OF AN AGRIBUSINESS FIRM CONSIDERING THE ECONOMICS OF MAJOR, LINKED COMPONENTS

Ruby Ward (), Bruce McCarl, M. Edward Rister, Dean McCorkle () and Charles R. Long

No 20963, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: An optimization model is used to evaluate the economics of various components of a large agribusiness. The benefits of using interger programming are contrasted to traditional linear programming analysis in conjunction with outside-the-model budgeting analysis.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20963

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