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The Australian Agricultural Economics Profession: An Appraisal of Current Trends

Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.; Bonnor, Kylie - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1996

Using the results of the first part of their 1994 AAES membership survey, Ahmadi-Esfahani and Brake (1995) examined the structure, conduct, and performance of the society qualitatively. This paper extends that analysis by appraising the current trends in the Australian agricultural economics...

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An agro-economic model to analyse climate change impacts on farmers' income

Jiang, Qiang - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

The increasing interests in climate change heighten the need for an agro-economic model to analyse climate change impacts on farmers’ incomes. Many researchers have turned to crop yield response models to estimate farmers’ yield and income loss. A classic method used by economists to...

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One Player Games versus Two Player Games: Comparing Agribusiness Cooperatives with Investor-Owned Business Models

Parker, Frederick - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011

Cooperative business firms are prevalent in agribusiness, yet no concise generalized model exists to demonstrate how and why cooperative firms differ from, and may be selected over, the more common investor owned business firm. It is shown within a generic transaction game that cooperatives fill...

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Hunting for optimality: preferences for Sika deer hunting experiences

Kerr, Geoffrey N.; Abell, Walt - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2014

Introduced ungulate game animals are managed as pests on New Zealand public lands. Open access recreational hunting and commercial harvests have resulted in negative externalities as individuals and groups with competing interests have sought to maximise their own benefits. The revocation of...

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Valuing Beach Recreation Across a Regional Area: The Great Barrier Reef in Australia

Rolfe, John; Gregg, Daniel - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2012

The focus of the research reported in this paper has been to estimate recreation values for beaches over approximately … recreation values to a general type of recreation asset rather than to a specific site, and because it focuses on the values of … the local resident population. Negative binomial models have been used to estimate both the visit rate and recreation …

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The recreational value of Lake McKenzie: An application of the travel cost method

Fleming, Christopher M.; Cook, Averil - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2007

Lake McKenzie is one of the most highly used and popular visitor destinations of all Fraser Island's natural sites, attracting 2,000 visitors a day in peak periods. Many consider this level of visitation to be unsustainable and the management authority is considering a range of management...

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