We employ a combination of survey design and econometric techniques to explore ways to deal with health concerns in restoration projects where environmental injuries are severe. We use data from a referendum contingent valuation survey for a natural resource restoration project to demonstrate...

Factors determining agricultural commodity prices. Time series forecasting. X-12-ARIMA and TRAMO/SEATS procedures. Causal forecasting methods. Partial equilibrium models of the agricultural sector.

A four-region econometric model of U.S. apple production and consumption is developed. Technical progress has benefited growers in the Northwest the most, but prices there are much lower in comparison to other regions. Estimated elasticities are used to estimate national and regional welfare...

The catch of cod in Norway is processed into a variety of final products, most of which are exported. The main product categories are salted, dried and frozen products. Most processors have some choice as to which type of product to produce. Our hypothesis is that the choice of product type is...

El articulo analiza el efecto de la temperatura, precipitacion, superficie cosechada de temporal y cantidad de trabajo aplicado, sobre la produccion de miel de abeja por colmena en el Estado de Aguascalientes en la temporada de cosecha octubre-noviembre, modelizando una funcion de prediccion...

This paper investigates the economic role of bank mergers in creating shareholder value based on the idea that shareholder wealth will increase if the consolidation leads to the aforementioned gains. This paper is divided into seven sections. The second section of my paper provides an academic...

Background: Health-care institutions have looked to business for models to respond to the requirement for reform. This has changed the perspective of institutions that were founded on charitable principles, and managed with liberal employment policies and deficit budgeting. Using lesions from...