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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND SEGREGATION IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS: NON-GENETICALLY MODIFIED AND SPECIALTY CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS IN IOWA

Miranowski, John A.; Jensen, Helen H.; Batres-Marquez, … - 2004

An important dimension of product differentiation and segregation for specialty crops is the added handling and transaction costs incurred. Some forms of business organization may realize lower costs of providing such services, and if specialty crop production is growing relative to commodity...

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EFFECTS OF THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD ON THE U.S. WHEAT INDUSTRY

Koo, Won W.; Jin, Hyun Joung; Mattson, Jeremy W.; … - 2004

The practices of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) are an important issue in U.S. - Canada trade disputes and WTO negotiations. This study analyzes the CWB?s effect on U.S. producers by reviewing findings from previous research and developing models to analyze CWB wheat exports to the United States...

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THE PROVISION OF RAIL SERVICE: THE IMPACT OF COMPETITION

Fulton, Murray E.; Gray, Richard S. - 1998

Grain transportation is one of the most important economic issues for grain producers in the Northern Plains. The … reliance on export markets and the long distances to port position means that transportation costs have a significant effect on … the price received by farmers.In the prairie region of Canada, rail transportation is undergoing a major transformation …

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Understanding Consumer Preference for Functional Barley Tortillas Through Sensory, Demographic, and Behavioral Data.

Toma, Ayako; Omary, María Botero; Rosentrater, Kurt A.; … - 2008

nutrients and phytochemicals. The main objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of whole barley flour particle …

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CANADIAN EXPORTS OF WHEAT AND BARLEY TO THE UNITED STATES AND ITS IMPACTS ON U.S. DOMESTIC PRICES

Mattson, Jeremy W.; Koo, Won W. - 2000

Canadian exports of wheat and barley to the United States have increased significantly since the late 1980s. The … barley, and feed barley from Canada to the United States and to evaluate the impacts of Canadian wheat and barley exports on …

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BILATERAL TRADE OF DURUM WHEAT AND BARLEY UNDER CUSTA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FARM PRICE AND INCOME

Koo, Won W. - 1998

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impacts of Canadian exports of durum wheat and barley to the United … States on the U.S. domestic prices of these two commodities and farm income in durum wheat and barley growing regions in the … Canadian exports reduce domestic prices of durum wheat and barley and consequently lowered farm income in durum wheat and …

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The process of price convergence in selected EU countries

Svatoš, Miroslav; Smutka, Luboš - 2012

The market of the EU countries represents a very specific mechanism for the working of competitive forces. Outwardly it is partially isolated from the effects of the world market by the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Commercial Policy of the EU, but as a consequence of the free...

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Tailored Regulation: Will Voluntary Site-Specific Environmental Performance Standards Improve Welfare?

Blackman, Allen; Boyd, James - 2000

Increasingly popular tailored regulation (TR) initiatives like EPA's Project XL allow plants to voluntarily substitute site-specific environmental performance standards for command-and-control regulations that dictate pollution abatement strategies. TR can significantly reduce participants'...

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The changing climate for foreign direct investment into Japan

Drysdale, Peter; Naito, Toshi; Trewin, Ray; Wilson, Dominic - 1999

Japan’s prolonged recession over the last five years has provided the impetus for regulatory reform and industry restructuring. Historically, the flow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Japan has been small for an economy of its size. The high degree of vertical integration and relatively...

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The effects of transportation costs on international trade

Skiba, Alexandre - 2003

This study investigates the effects of the transportation cost on the international trade. The first essay explores the … effect of the transportation cost on the quality composition of trade. We derive a relationship between per unit and ad … shipping costs and negatively with tariffs. These results provide a clear rejection of the iceberg assumption on transportation …

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