This paper analyzes the tradeoffs present between equity and efficiency in farm policy. In terms of equity, we are concerned with the implications of  ...  more>>

This paper provides an analysis of the choice of governance mechanism in agriculture using an integrated perspective based on agency theory. The main  ...  more>>

In 1995, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) provided for the calculated liberalization of the textiles and apparel sectors over a 10-year... ...  more>>

The implementation of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has expanded trade opportunities for U.S. agricultural... ...  more>>

We examine interactions among explicit and implicit contracting practices for a sample of 385 intermediaries in California fruit and vegetable... ...  more>>

The objective of this paper is to analyze sources of labor productivity growth in the Kansas farm sector over the period 1993-2006 for a sample of... ...  more>>

Florida’s citrus industry has a long history of using generic advertising as a primary instrument for shifting demand for various forms of citrus... ...  more>>

In recent years, structural changes in the hog sector, including increasing farm size and regional shifts in production, have altered manure... ...  more>>

This study uses matching to evaluate the effect of decoupled payments on the acreage response of Iowa farmers who were in business in 1997 and 2002.... ...  more>>

The exercise of monopsony power by broiler processing firms is plausible because production occurs within localized complexes, which limits the... ...  more>>

While mergers, both horizontal and vertical, have been shaping the landscape of the agri-food industry in Europe, the implications of the changing... ...  more>>

When using household-level data in examining consumer's demand it is common to find that consumers purchase only a subset of the available goods,... ...  more>>

When honey bees transport pollen across citrus orchards they can increase the number of seeds in varieties that remain seedless otherwise. An... ...  more>>

Dairy managers today are faced with the decision to either raise their own replacements on the dairy farm or send heifers to a custom heifer grower.... ...  more>>

This paper examines whether it makes sense to consider Sutton's "bounds" approach as a candidate theory for explaining the recent evolution of market  ...  more>>