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AbstractFormal economics has centered on the combination of resources. Contemporary events force concern for forms of economic organization, inquiry into which must put the human role uppermost. A taxonomy of economic organization contains three systems of production and three of control. The Enlightenment brought freedom of contract as a control system, which fits well with proprietary production in farming but clashes with industrial nonfarm production. The nonfarm economy faces institutional reform, while farming must choose its production‐control pattern. Examination of alternate production and control systems can aid in organizational choice.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238655

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractWater experts, prominent among them resource economists, typically suggest a unified regional organization as the appropriate institutional approach to an entire range of problems. Yet, the performance of multistate regional organizations has been disappointing. It is argued here that failure of regional institutions to innovate is largely determined by the restraints imposed by political viability. The article describes the political environment of regional organizations and the incentives and disincentives for various interests to associate themselves with regional organizations. Finally, various possible strategies whereby a regional organization can build support are outlined.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238656

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractPurchase of grain dryers by farmers can be explained using a threshold theory of decision in which a reaction occurs only after the strength of the stimuli increases beyond the farmers' reaction threshold. Estimates of the causal relationships in this dichotomous decision model were obtained by using the probit technique with data from a farmer panel. The results provide an explanation of differences in the number of dryers purchased by farmers in various classes and regions. It also provides a procedure for predicting dryer ownership and purchases of dryers as an aid to forward planning by distributors of drying equipment.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238657

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAn economic theory of the process of diffusion of innovations is developed and illustrated. In the theory, adoption is determined by comparative advantage considerations. An innovation is first adopted by skilled and experimenting entrepreneurs and then “diffuses” down the skills scale. If the innovation affects supply substantially, prices may decline, profits eliminated, and early, skilled (and high labor opportunity cost) producers may exit from the affected line of production—hence, an “innovation cycle.” The theory implies that technological change is affected by the distribution as well as by the average level of skills.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238658

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractPersonal distribution of well‐being of farm families relative to all U. S. families is substantially improved when wealth is considered along with money income. The “live poor and die rich” paradox facing older farm families could often be overcome by providing an easier means whereby they could use up equity in family living.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238659

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractCost of providing elementary and secondary education is estimated for rural areas of Oklahoma. Unit cost curves are derived for instruction, admministration, plant operation and maintenance, buildings, equipment, and transportation. Optimal school district size, derived by combining these unit cost curves, varied by educational program and student density.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238660

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe new wheats in the dryland conditions of Tunisia are being grown with limited success on large‐scale mechanized farms. Achieving yield potentials depends on careful control of plant growth. If this is not done, traditional varieties outyield the new wheats.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238661

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractMidwest grain and livestock producers show substantial interest and support for bargaining to improve prices received, but they are less willing to participate in control of volume and orderly marketing efforts to make bargaining effective. However, agricultural bargaining offers an opportunity for creative educational efforts among these producers.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238662

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractA 1970 mail survey of U. S. and Canadian agricultural economics departments attempted to identify new approaches to graduate education. Areas explored included program objectives, requirements, and procedures. Some evolutionary changes in specific requirements and procedures were identified, although few revolutionary changes in orientation were discovered.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238663

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAnalysis of selected subsystems of the Oklahoma beef marketing system reveals conflicts and inconsistencies in basic interstage relationships. Such conflicts and inconsistencies block realization of higher degrees of interstage or interlevel coordination. Improvement will require a research orientation which isolates such barriers and estimates their impact on system participants.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238664

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY