Alternative measures of multilateral exchange-rate changes appropriate for agricultural trade are analyzed. The economic theory of index numbers was consulted in analyzing published exchange-rate indices and in constructing new indices. Comparisons among indices were made for the period 1970-85,...

We generalise a two-constraint model of consumer demand so as to make utility a function of both consumption of the good and the time allocated to consumption, to accommodate the fact that the consumer may derive utility from the time spent acquiring and/or consuming the good. We use the...

We study price transmission processes within EU pork markets after the implementation of the EU single market in 1993. We compare results derived from non-parametric regressions with those obtained using alternative non-linear threshold models. Both techniques support the hypothesis that prices...

The influence of inputs on output risk in the context of agricultural production decisions taken by non-risk neutral agents has been ignored by previous research assessing the effects of decoupled income support payments in a deterministic world or risk-neutral framework. We study the impacts of...