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AbstractProposals for strict enforcement and, conversely, for relaxation or elimination of acreage limitations in federal irrigation projects have arisen in response to recent court decisions regarding two large California irrigation districts. These proposals are examined against criteria including distributive justice, allocative efficiency, and administrative workability. Empirical evidence is offered which shows that proposed regulations would permit overly generous family incomes in the two areas and brings into question the existence of significant economies associated with larger size farms. An alternative policy instrument, based on control of the water supply, rather than of the land, is proposed so as to reconcile more effectively conflicting policy objectives.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240242

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe relationship between farm size and production costs is examined using current data. The analysis indicates that relatively modest sized farms can achieve a major portion of the possible cost savings associated with size. The sources of efficiency are examined, and it is shown that factors other than labor‐saving technology may be important contributors to economic efficiency. The implications of this analysis are developed for the current debate over acreage restrictions in reclamation policy. Strict enforcement of the 160‐acre limit could cause a modest overall efficiency loss, but this would be borne by landowners rather than consumers.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240243

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractA cross‐demand schedule approach is modified to develop a procedure for delineating product and service markets. Firms are classified as either rivals or nonrivals based on a statistical examination of response times to price adjustments. A test of the approach is made for the delineation of banking markets. Preliminary results indicate that the procedure may have potential for assisting policy makers in decisions regarding the competitive environment of the banking industry.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240244

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractIn a study of Washington state school children, regression models showed full participants in the school lunch program to have significantly higher intakes for five of ten nutrients than non‐ or partial participants. Nonparticipants had significantly higher intakes of iron. Nutrient intakes of food stamp recipients were not significantly higher than other school children. Liquid assets and total assets each increased intakes of two nutrients, while the value of food consumed had no significant effect on any of the nutrients. Biochemical data showed few problems of malnutrition to exist among this sample of school children.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240245

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe implications of expected utility theory are examined in order to determine restrictions relevant to reduced form econometric models. In general, Hicksian certainty restrictions do not hold under risk aversion. However, under output price uncertainty, the qualitative nature of the Hicksian restrictions are generally preserved for a commonly used class of polynomial utility functions. These and additional restrictions are considered in the context of a linear model amenable to econometric analysis.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240246

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe process of the growth of rice production in Japan is analyzed by decomposition analysis of factor input demand. The variation in factor input demand is broken down into three components: output level, factor substitution along an isoquant, and technical change. The analysis is carried out using the estimates of Allen partial elasticities of substitution calculated from the fitted transcendental logarithmic cost function. The decline in labor input level is found to be due mainly to technical change, and the labor‐saving effect of the factor substitution along an isoquant is relatively small.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240247

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240248

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240249

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240250

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1240251

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY