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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 ...
Trends in the accuracy of USDA production forecasts for beef and pork
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1998-12)
Trends in the accuracy of USDA forecasts of beef and pork production and supply are evaluated for the period 1982-96. Findings of the study show that USDA forecasts underestimated production and supply in the 1980s, but ...
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 ...
Value of increasing kernel uniformity
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2002-12)
Kernel uniformity is an important quality attribute that can now be measured at low cost. This study analyzes the profitability of sorting to increase wheat kernel uniformity. Nonlinear programming is used to sort grain ...
Market inversion in commodity futures prices
(Cambridge University Press, 2002-12)
In an inverted market, current prices are higher than future prices and thus the price of storage is negative. Market inversions as measured with futures spreads rarely occur during early months of the crop year. However, ...
Performance of alternative component pricing systems for pork
(Cambridge University Press, 1998-12)
One method of implementing value-based marketing is a component pricing system. This research develops and evaluates alternative component pricing systems for pork. Two electronic technologies for estimating carcass ...
Feeder cattle price slides
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2001-07)
A theoretical model is developed to explain the economics of determining price slides for feeder cattle. The contract is viewed as a dynamic game with continuous strategies where the buyer and seller are the players. The ...