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This paper examines allocations of industrial milk quota across provinces in Canada under two hypothetical scenarios. The study focuses on the case where considerable reallocation of production occurs across farms and provinces due to changes in the distribution of quota holdings. The allocations are determined using linear programming (LP) analysis, where the objective of the optimization problem is to minimize the delivered cost of products such as cheese, butter, ice cream, and yogurt. The LP model seeks to meet provincial targets for domestic disappearance on a milk‐equivalent basis in the short to medium term, where limits are imposed on the maximum achievable growth of production and processing capacity in any one I he conclusions are that reallocation of existing quota across farms and provinces has a potential to reduce considerably the costs of industrial milk production and the cost of transporting manufactured product

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00117.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper studies the relationships between technical change and welfare under a production quota regime. The conditions for producer impoverishment and quota owner impoverishment under technical change are identified. Whether the relative efficiency of a marketable quota regime is robust to the choice of technologies is also considered, as is the immiserization motive for banning a technology. The paper demonstrates that two or more technologies may exist in equilibrium and that the adoption of a technology may depend on the marketability of quota.

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00118.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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L'objectif de cette étude est d'estimer les fonctions d'offre et de demande"a de lait&transformation au Québec et en Ontario et d'évaluer les impacts potentiels d'un marché des quotas entre ces deux provinces. Les fonctions d'offre et de demande sont estimées par la méthode des moindres carrés à deux étapes et ce, pour quatre marchés, soit les marches des quotas produits et non produits dans chaque province.Les résultats montrent que la flexibilityé de la demande est en général plus élévie en valeur absolue que celle de l'offre. Les résultats indiquent de plus que l'offre de quotas est élastique par rapport aux prix. Le modèle est utilisé pour simuler l'ouverture des marchés entre le Québec et l'Ontario. Les résultats indiquent que si un marché des quotas avait existé en 1992, le Québec aurait vu son quota de mise en marché augmenter de 3,4 % durant l'année, au détriment de l'Ontario qui aurait vu le

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00119.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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The Canadian Wheat Board justifies its monopoly control over the marketing of barley on the basis of single desk selling. It argues that single desk selling raises the pooled price that farmers receive for their barley over a situation where the Canadian Wheat Board does not have monopoly control over the marketing of prairie barley. Carter (1993b) argues that the Canadian Wheat Board's pricing strategies are suboptimal and the Canadian Board cannot act prices farmers receive. This paper tests the implications of the Canadian Wheat Board's conclusions and Carters conclusions using feed grain prices. The results indicate that Canadian Wheat Board single desk selling has no impact on prices. These results indicate that Carter's analysis is more consistent with the data than is the Canadian Wheat Board's analysis.

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00120.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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The markets for special crops in western Canada are not yet mature. A farmer faces a choice of either signing a production contract with a buyer prior to planting the crop or selling the crop after harvest to a limited number of buyers. This paper examines both methods using a transaction cost approach. The evidence suggests that neither method will lead to an efficient level of investment in the production of special crops. As a result, the full potential for diversification into special crops may not have been realized in western Canada.

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00121.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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The micro‐linkages between the crop/fallow decision and price‐induced risk are examined for wheat producers located on the brown soils of Saskatchewan. Three generic price stabilization policies are defined. Based on a bio‐economic simulation model, the risk‐efficient FLEXCROP decision rules are selected, and their corresponding cropping patterns are assessed for each generic price stabilization policy. Assuming no subsidy component within the mandatory price stabilization program:• risk lovers reduce cropped acreages by 0% to 4%, depending upon both the risk‐aversion level and the stabilizing program and• risk‐averse producers increase cropped acreage from 10% to 35% over no pric

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00122.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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A vector autoregressive model containing ocean grain freight rates, grain shipments, idled tonnage, new carrier deliveries and fuel prices is used to evaluate dynamic linkages in the ocean grain transport market. Dynamic relationships are of particular importance in ocean freighting months because freighting services are often contracted several months before shipment. In addition, such markets may be slow to adjust to shocks because of significant short‐run fixities in shipping services. Ocean grain freight rates are found to be responsive to fuel prices and new ship deliveries, but are not affected by demand shocks. Ship idling rates are found to be sensitive to fuel prices, grain shipments and freight rates. Significant adjustment lags are reveale

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00123.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper develops total elasticity and flexibility results for general nonlinear, dynamic systems of equations. Unlike procedures for obtaining total response measures in linear systems, analytical procedures are difficult to obtain for nonlinear models; comparable results, however, may be obtained by using numerical simulations. The potential for obtaining total elasticity measures in nonlinear dynamic models is illustrated with an annual model of the U.S. dairy sector. Results show substantial evidence of asymmetric price and quantity adjustments, as well as limit cycles. Such complexities could not be uncovered by using linear models or a partial‐equilibrium framewor

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00124.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Characteristics and attitudes of Ontario beef producers who use artificial insemination and those who use natural breeding are compared. Natural breeders are characterized as larger as well as more commercial and profit oriented. Time, convenience and problems with heat detection are the main problems natural breeders associate with artificial insemination.

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00125.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviews in this article:The Economics of Organic Farming: An International PerspectiveEdited by N. H. Lampkin and S. Padel Wallingford.Agricultural Management Economics: Activity Analysis and Decision MakingAllan N. Rae Wallingford.Environmental Problems in the Shortage Economy: The Legacy of Soviet Environmental PolicyAnn‐Man Sätre Ahlander Hampshi

ISSN:0008-3976    

DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1995.tb00126.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY