Similar Search Results

Spatial Price Analysis Incorporating Rate of Trade: Methods and Application to United States–China Soybean Trade

Han, Shengfei; Durham, Catherine A. - 2010

A regime-switching model for analysis of market integration has been developed that incorporates rate of trade information. An application of the methods to United States–China soybean trade demonstrates that the extended trade information allows better interpretation of market conditions....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442648

Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis

Katchova, Ani L. - 2010

lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and … production contracts depending on the availability of alternative marketing options. A propensity score matching method is used …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442649

The Possible Role of Futures Market and the Public Warehousing in Trade-financing Activity

Kozar, Laszlo - 2010

assistshort and long-term marketing decisions. The economical basis of the model is thecombinative use of two market institutions …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442743

CARICOM’s COMPETITIVENESS WITHIN THE US IMPORT MARKET FOR SPECIALTY CROPS: A SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS

Lowe, Garfield G.; Davis, Carlton George - 2007

This paper is based on the premise that if CARICOM’s agricultural sector in general, and more specifically the export sub-sector, is to thrive in the rapidly changing trade environment there has to be a continuous systematic assessment of market opportunities and competitiveness status. Such...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443320

MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JAMAICA’S GRAPEFRUIT INDUSTRY

Evans, Edward A.; Nalampang, Sikavas; Spreen, Thomas H. - 2007

illegal. One alternative worth considering is exporting fresh grapefruits to the EU. This marketing opportunity comes about as … the demand for the fruit in the EU could create a marketing opportunities for countries such as Jamaica. The paper … discusses the state of the Florida citrus industry with particular reference to grapefruits and the marketing prospects for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443325

CONTRACT MARKETING IN THE US AFTER THE 2002 FARM ACT: THE CASE OF PEANUTS

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Nadolnyak, Denis A.; Fletcher, … - 2005

The elimination of the marketing quota system that regulated the peanut market since the 1930s has been accompanied by … the emergence of marketing contracts between farmers and peanut buyers (mainly peanut shellers). Two types of contracts … the main role of the contracts is to replace the marketing structure existing prior the 2002 Farm Act, where peanut …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479486

Production Contracts and the Spot Market Price of Hogs

Key, Nigel D. - 2010

The increasing use of production contracts in the hog sector has reduced the number of spot market transactions, raised concerns about price manipulation and helped to spur legislation requiring price reporting by packers. Using data from the 2002 and 2007 Censuses of Agriculture, this study...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446077

Production Contracts and Farm Business Growth and Survival

Key, Nigel D. - 2010

In recent decades there has been a substantial increase in the scale of production and the use of production contracts in the hog sector. This paper explores empirically whether these two phenomena are related by examining whether the use of production contracts has allowed finish hog operations...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446078

Confirmatory Bias under Food-Borne Risk: A Lab Experiment

Cao, Ying; Just, David R.; Wansink, Brian - 2010

An experiment was conducted to investigate the interaction between consumers’ past eating behaviors, risk perceptions and future information processing procedure. In the study, participants were required to choose whether or not to eat chicken that was potentially be tainted with Avian...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446111

Testing Asymmetric Price Transmission in the Vertical Supply Chain in De-regulated RiceMarkets in Bangladesh

Alam, Mohammad Jahangir; Begum, Ismat Ara; Buysse, Jeroen; … - 2010

marketing chain to correct the market inefficiency, if needed. The vertical price leadership at the wholesale level to theretail … in the marketing literature is inferred but not empirically verified. Therefore, this paper is an attempt to fill up this …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446122