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AbstractThe relationship between reductions in real property taxes and farm real estate values is investigated. Average per acre value of farm real estate in North Carolina is regressed on the tax rate and other variables relating to farm size, land productivity, urban influence, and recreational demand. The results indicate that property tax reductions for farm real estate are largely capitalized into higher real estate values. The effect of a given decrease in tax rate for owners of farm real estate is contrasted with a similar decrease for owners of residential real estate.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238339

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractWith an increasing stress on research budgets, the impetus for investigation of alternative models for managing research is growing. Much work has been invested already in technique development. To precede additional research, the current state‐of‐the‐art in resource allocation methodology pertinent to agricultural research management is presented. The focus is on quantitative approaches for improving internal consistency of subjective judgments. The marginal principle is applicable to the selection of an optimal investment in management, and a rudimentary framework for implementing that principle is suggested.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238340

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractFederal and state legislation is increasingly making solid waste management an important service provided by rural communities and planning regions. Few systems have been designed for rural areas, and few studies have included data on spatial effects of collection density and transfer distances to disposal sites. Models are given estimating quantity of solid waste generated and costs per ton of solid waste collected, transferred, and disposed for different service areas and alternative technologies. The data can be used to project quantities of solid waste for collection and disposal and to determine optimum site location of disposal facilities in rural regions.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238341

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractReturns to scale and input elasticities are estimated from cost functions based on standard and generalized Cobb‐Douglas production functions. Returns to scale increased up to 161 thousand tons and decreased thereafter. Elasticities were. 340 for labor, .285 for land, .351 for fertilizer, .113 for pesticides, and —.089 for machinery and equipment.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238342

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractEmpirical observation and theoretical analyses show that the allocative and forward pricing functions of futures markets are more reliable for continuous than for discontinuous inventory markets. This emphasis on the importance of carry‐over inventory in affecting day‐to‐day price spreads is extended to take into account other factors which contribute to pricing efficiency. By examination of the characteristic behavior of the life cycle of a futures contract, a framework is developed to test, analyze, and contrast the performance of futures markets, i.e., how reliable futures quotations are as predictors of spot (cash) prices. Policy and theoretical implications are given.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238343

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractViewing the household as both a producing and consuming unit suggests the opportunity cost of the homemaker's time to be an important factor affecting food consumption. Opportunity cost of time is shown empirically to have a positive affect on away‐from‐home consumption for employed homemakers in all 12 region‐urbanization classes studied. The same response is shown for unemployed homemakers in most classes. Furthermore, the estimated bias associated with income elasticities estimated without adjustment for the time input was significant in most cases. Estimated effects of income, family composition and size, and race on away‐from‐home food consumption are analyzed.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238344

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis article reports the Kansas State experience in extensive revision of its undergraduate educational program. Revision was based on student, faculty, alumni, and employer participation. The new curriculum gives new emphasis to behavioral sciences and analytical techniques which better prepare students for agribusiness jobs.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238345

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe feasibility of a program to insure farmers against losses due to economic growth is explored. Adjustment problems in agriculture are similar to those of other sectors. The feasibility of a general compensation policy to insure farmers against losses due to economic progress is questioned on practical and theoretical grounds.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238346

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractChanging relative prices and conditions of profitability lie behind many demands for new institutions. The emerging nature of environmental disequilibria suggests that allocative effects of alternative institutions can be studied before the difficult question of income distribution. “Externalities” are viewed as joint products, one of which is not priced.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238347

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractCost‐benefit analysis using empirical estimation of labor's shadow price and linear programming for crop selection is applied to major proposed irrigation projects for Brazil's Northeast. Over half the project area is approved. However, these capital intensive projects should rank below investments with similar rates of return but larger employment effects.

ISSN:0002-9092    

DOI:10.2307/1238348

出版商:Oxford University Press    

年代:1973

数据来源: WILEY