Financial markets exhibit an asymmetric news effect with unexpected low prices generating more price volatility than quot;newsquot; of high prices. The present study examines US food markets for such asymmetric news effects. Analysis of 25 years of monthly data for 45 retail food items shows...

Advertising can rotate the demand curve if it changes the dispersion of consumers' valuations. We provide an elasticity form measure of the advertising-induced demand curve rotation in five demand models and test for its presence in the US non-alcoholic beverage market. The Almost Ideal Demand...

This paper focuses on the U.S. agricultural trade against the remaining of the world. The dynamic ARDL model of error correction version is applied, not only investigating if there is J-curve effect in the short-run or not, but also taking a deep analysis for U.S. recession effects and exchange...

Federal subsidies for nonprice export promotion of farm products have been criticized on the grounds that they merely substitute taxpayer dollars for private promotional expenditures. This ‘‘displacement hypothesis’’ is tested by estimating export demand and...

The Fe 3 Cr 2 CoNiAl x (x = 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2) multi-principal elements alloys were prepared, and the microstructure and mechanical behaviors were investigated. The crystal structure changed from a dual-phase structure of FCC plus body-centered-cubic (BCC) structure to a single...

This paper examines the impact of a change in the advertising tax on prices, output, and welfare. Results show that a supply shift alone (i.e., advertising is ineffective and hence there is no demand shift) will result in higher retail prices, lower farm output, higher retail-farm price ratios,...

This paper studies the impact of the auto industry on the growth of non-farm proprietor densities in Alabama¡¯s counties. Results show that automobile production in Alabama significantly increases non-farm proprietor in all counties. The impact of automobile production on the growth of...

This paper studies the impact of automobile production on the poverty rate of Alabama's counties. The findings suggest that automobile production in Alabama significantly reduces the poverty rate in all counties. The impact of automobile production on poverty reduction in distressed black belt...

Issue of exchange rate-linked subsidies for non-price export promotion has recently emerged as an area of interest among marketing researchers because of fluctuating strength of US dollars and position of US agricultural goods in export markets. One solution to mitigate these impacts was to link...

An agreement between Norway and the European Commission specifies an increase in the export tax on Norwegian salmon entering EU markets from 0.75% to 3.00% effective 1 July 1997. Further, Norway's exports are subject to a price floor and quantity ceiling, neither of which were binding over the...