In February 1962 the Council of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society appointed a sub-committee to report on the present state of farm financial statistics in Australia and to recommend desirable improvements. The aims in calling for this report were twofold: (a) Members of the Society...

In February 1962 the Council of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society appointed a sub-committee to report on the present state of farm financial statistics in Australia and to recommend desirable improvements. The aims in calling for this report were twofold: (a) Members of the Society...

Taxation of agriculture has to be assessed in the context of the wider total economy system. A progressive income tax rate schedule is required to meet social goals of vertical equity. Efficiency properties of taxation of agriculture are difficult to assess because some capital income is taxed...

The time pattern of effects of inflation on prices received, prices paid, asset returns, and real incomes of different members of the agricultural sector is described. In the long run it is argued that inflation will have very small, if any, effects on relative prices or real incomes. For the...

The 20 to 45 per cent fall in indexes of share market prices in mid-October 1987 was a worldwide phenomenon. It represented a sharp reversal to a five-year period of sustained increases in stock prices. It is important to assess the implications of the crash for Australian agriculture in the...