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Can multiyear rollover hedging increase mean returns?
(Cambridge University Press, 2005-04)
Both market advisors and researchers have often suggested multiyear rollover hedging as a way to increase producer returns. This study determines whether rollover hedging can increase expected returns for producers. For ...
AIDS versus the Rotterdam demand system: A Cox test with parametric bootstrap
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2002-12)
A Cox test with parametric bootstrap is developed to select between the linearized version of the First-Difference Almost Ideal Demand System (FDAIDS) and the Rotterdam model. A Cox test with parametric bootstrap has been ...
Optimal stocking density for dual-purpose winter wheat production
(Cambridge University Press, 2003-04)
Dual-purpose winter wheat production is an important economic enterprise in the southern Great Plains of the United States. Because of the complex interactions involved in producing wheat grain and beef gain from a single ...
Cost of forward contracting hard red winter wheat
(Cambridge University Press, 2000-04)
Two methods were used to estimate the cost of forward contracting hard red winter wheat. One hundred days before delivery, the estimated cost of forward contracting ranged from six cents/bu. to eight cents/bu. Thus, further ...
Economic impacts of banning subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in swine production
(Cambridge University Press, 2002-12)
Public health officials and physicians are concerned about possible development of bacterial resistance and potential effects on human health that may be related to the use of antimicrobial agents in livestock feed. The ...
Overlapping data problem
(Social Sciences Research Network, 2009)
Overlapping data are often used in finance and economics, but applied work often uses inefficient estimators. The article evaluates possible reasons for using overlapping data and provides a guide about which estimator to ...
Model selection for discrete dependent variables: Better statistics for better steaks
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2004-12)
Little research has been conducted on evaluating out-of-sample forecasts of discrete dependent variables. This study describes the large and small sample properties of two forecast evaluation techniques for discrete dependent ...
Determining returns to storage: Does data aggregation matter?
(Cambridge University Press, 2007-12)
Aggregate data are commonly used to determine returns to storage. However, recent studies have shown that aggregating data may lead to underestimated returns. This article compares aggregate and elevator data from Oklahoma ...
Consolidating rural school districts: Potential savings and effects on student achievement
(Cambridge University Press, 2000-12)
One frequently proposed policy is to consolidate rural school districts in order to save money by obtaining economies of size. The effects of school district size on both expenditures and standardized test scores are ...
Using both sociological and economic incentives to reduce moral hazard
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2003-08)
Economists tend to focus on monetary incentives. In the model developed here, both sociological and economic incentives are used to diminish the apparent moral hazard problem existing in commodity grading. Training that ...