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This article discusses some major trends in food marketing in the United States, as revealed in a detailed study of … food distribution undertaken by the National Commission on Food Marketing. Attention is focused on the growing …
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An Annington-type trade model is estimated to determine the effects of government-subsidized export promotion on the demand for U.S. cotton in the Pacific Rim. Results show a significant relationship between promotion expenditures and U.S. market share in four of the six countries examined. One...
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Evidence of systematic short run price movements in Sydney wool futures prices is presented. Traders' reaction to market uncertainty is suggested as a rationale of wool futures price periodicity. There is also a discussion of the significance of the cycle with regard to the efficiency of the market.
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basic facts about the wool market, which must always be borne in mind in any discussion of wool marketing. And the method … will be to describe existing marketing systems briefly, and then to examine some of the circumstances which place … of these principles. Another reason is that wool marketing is a good example of a subject which calls for a blend of both …
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A model put forward by the Australian Wool Corporation to simulate the behaviour of the wool market under an inventory scheme is described. Some deficiencies in the model are pointed out and suggestions are made for alterations to improve the model's performance.
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A major part of Australian cattle trade takes place in markets for animals which do not meet the specifications for the trade steer contract. However, producers, processors and marketers of cattle which are nondeliverable on the futures market may be able to make use of the futures market...
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A beef import model is specified and estimated using disequilibrium econometrics. The statistical significance of the model suggests that disequilibrium has historically existed in the US beef import market. Surplus analysis based on the disequilibrium framework indicates that a welfare loss has...
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statutory boards as marketing institutions. This paper reports the achievements of the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing …
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Since the introduction of a reserve price scheme in 1970, the interest in wool marketing previously shown by … divisive amongst wool growers with, in general, 'orderly marketing' now acceptable to all factions of wool growers. The history … of wool marketing discussion in Australia is reviewed and some reasons for this changing climate of opinion are discussed …
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