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| Amarasinghe, Anura; D'Souza, Gerard E.; Brown, Cheryl; Borisova, Tatiana. |
| Obesity constitutes an important public policy issue since it causes external costs to society through increased healthcare costs borne by taxpayers. This study employed random and fixed effects estimations and spatial autoregressive approaches under a panel data structure to unravel possible socioeconomic and built environment factors contributing to obesity. Though there is no statistical evidence for time invariant fixed effects, empirical evidence shows that obesity is a spatially non-random event. Educational attainment that raises both human and social capital as well as changes in the built environment could play a vital role in controlling obesity. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21159 |
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| Hughes, David W.; Eades, Daniel C.; Robinson, Kenneth L.; Carpio, Carlos E.; Isengildina, Olga; Brown, Cheryl. |
| Paper presented at the 54th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah GA, November 7th -10th, 2007. Preliminary version, please do not quote without permission of the contact author. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112897 |
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| Gandee, Jesse E.; Brown, Cheryl; D'Souza, Gerard E.. |
| Direct farm marketing sales in the Northeastern region of the U.S. and more specifically in the state of West Virginia increased during the 1990s. To understand the factors that influence recent trends in direct farm marketing, this analysis uses a regression function to test the relationships between county direct farm marketing sales and county spatial and socio-economic characteristics. Data from West Virginia is used to analyze the relationship between the consumer, land characteristics, and farm sales. The results reveal that the model is relatively accurate and multiple consumer characteristics and land use variables significantly influence sales of farm goods marketed directly to consumers. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Marketing. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21912 |
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| Hailu, Yohannes G.; Brown, Cheryl. |
| Using county data for West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, estimation of a system of simultaneous equations shows that population growth, higher taxes, high farmland value, and high initial per capita income accelerate farmland development, but return on farmland, government assistance to farmers, farmland conservation, and farming agglomeration reduce development pressure. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farmland; Development; Regional growth; Policy; Equilibrium model; Spatial autocorrelation; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19488 |
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| Hailu, Yohannes G.; Brown, Cheryl. |
| This study aims to understand the relationship between regional growth in population, employment, and per capita income, and agricultural land values and development in the Northeast United States. A system of spatial simultaneous equations is estimated using three-stage-least squares on county level data. Results indicate that regional growth positively influences agricultural land values and negatively affects the stock of agricultural lands. Farm performance and some farmland protection policies were not effective in preserving farmland. The study recommends that agricultural land protection policies could be better coordinated at a regional level and more effective if integrated within state economic development programs. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21082 |
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| Brown, Cheryl; Gandee, Jesse E.; D'Souza, Gerard E.. |
| To understand the factors that influence farm direct marketing, a linear regression model is estimated to test the relationships between county-level direct market sales and socioeconomic, agricultural production, and location characteristics for West Virginia. The results show that higher median housing value, increased population density, a younger population, a greater number of direct market farms, more diversity of fruit and vegetable production and closer proximity to Washington, D.C., increase direct market sales. The results have implications for other states with a large proportion of small and part-time farmers, many of whom are located in close proximity to metropolitan areas. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Direct market sales; Direct marketing; Farm sales; Farmers' market; Marketing; Q13; C21. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43778 |
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| Baer, Alexander G.; Brown, Cheryl. |
| Many farms have begun operating websites in order to promote their businesses. This study used data from a survey of farms in the northeastern U.S. for the year 2004 in order to identify characteristics of farmers, farms, and farm businesses associated with website adoption. Following a technology adoption framework, a Probit model of website adoption was estimated to identify significant relationships. Some sales locations and product types, advertising diversity, high speed Internet connections, and gross farm sales were found to be significantly related to website adoption. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21320 |
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| Hailu, Yohannes G.; Brown, Cheryl. |
| In this study we attempt to understand the relationship between regional growth in population, employment, and per capita income, and farmland development in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. A spatial simultaneous equations model is estimated using county-level data. Results indicate that while county income growth and agricultural land value increases in neighboring counties increase the rate of farmland loss, growth in county agricultural land values, increases in agricultural land density in neighboring counties, and increases in agricultural income per farm reduce farmland losses. Farmland protection policies were not significant in reducing agricultural land development. This approach, focused on regional growth, provides insight into... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farmland protection; Regional growth; Rural development; Spatial growth equilibrium model; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10161 |
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| Evans, Jason R.; Brown, Cheryl; Collins, Alan R.; D'Souza, Gerard E.; Rayburn, Edward B.; Sperow, Mark. |
| The U.S. market for commoditized beef is a dynamic one that has, over the last 30 years, seen decreases in per capita consumption and an increased reliance on large, integrated feedlot facilities that focus on efficient weight gain and producing carcasses deemed desirable according the USDA quality grading system. Because of the problems inherent in the conventional production system and the existence of farm-to-retail price spreads that do not favor primary cow-calf producers, analyses of alternative beef production and marketing strategies that facilitate enhanced profitability and simultaneously address surging consumer demand for specialty food products are necessary. To that end, focus of the current study was on the market potential for grass-fed... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6209 |
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| Baer, Alexander G.; Brown, Cheryl. |
| Many farms have begun operating websites in order to promote their businesses. This study uses data from a 2005 survey of farms in the northeastern United States to identify characteristics of farmers, farms, and farm businesses associated with website adoption. Following a technology-adoption framework, a probit model of website use is estimated to identify significant relationships. Sales location, product type, number of advertising methods used, high-speed Internet connection, land tenure arrangement, and gross farm sales is found to be significantly related to website adoption. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Marketing. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43492 |
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