A quarterly econometric model of supply response I the U.S. Hog industry is constructed. This model incorporates relevant biological features of hog production directly into the structural specification. dynamic mean path elasticities of the model are analytically derived with the results...

A method for estimating bounded price variation models with rational expectations which incorporates all information implied by rationality is applied to a model of the U.S. corn market. The results indicate that the estimated model performs at least as well as a traditional equilibrium model...

The existing system for sensing, recording, and reporting climatic conditions has been developed mainly in response to demands of specific clients. Weather conditions provided for airline navigation, agricultural production management, and severe storm tracking, are three examples. Thus, the...

Within the Conservation Reserve (CR) program, a change in program criteria could reduce the amount of erosion material entering our nation's waterways. The inclusion of land adjacent to water bodies, flowing streams, and river waterways may reduce erosion from these lands and improve water...

A method for estimating bounded price variation models with rational expectations which incorporates all information implied by rationality is applied to a model of the U.S. corn market. The results indicate that the estimated model performs at least as well as a traditional equilibrium model...

A quarterly econometric model of supply response I the U.S. Hog industry is constructed. This model incorporates relevant biological features of hog production directly into the structural specification. dynamic mean path elasticities of the model are analytically derived with the results...

Time series analysis of commodity prices is one of the ongoing developments in relevant empirical studies. The usual research questions are what causes a certain price behavior and what are the consequences. As causes and consequences are sequential events, time is the natural domain of...

Market efficiency and unbiasedness tests are performed for the first time for three forest commodity futures markets: softwood lumber, oriented strand board (OSB), and northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK). The Johansen cointegration procedure is applied to test long-term market...

In this paper we introduce inverse demand systems that include quadratic scale terms. These systems are similar to regular quadratic demand systems introduced by Howe, Pollack, and Wales. A unique feature of these specifications is that they maintain linear scale curves as a special case. For...