SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Based on an econometric analysis of the data obtained from a survey of meat plants ( ) in Iowa in summer 2007, this paper identifies the factors impacting the meat plants’ voluntary adoption of forward and backward traceability activities. The results suggest that the ownership type (corporate versus independent) and operations type (slaughtering versus not) matter rather than the size and meat type produced (beef, pork, or poultry) as suggested in the previous surveys. Furthermore, food safety activities appear to be complementary to traceability activities. The findings may assist ongoing regulatory efforts in implementing traceability in U.S. in the near future.

Competition and Regulation via Supply and Demand Functions in Oligopolistic-Oligopsonistic Markets

Palavras-chave: Country of origin labeling; Food safety; Multiple imputation method; National animal identification system; Ordered logistic regression; Quality assurances; Traceability; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; C21; C35.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6135

Bulut, Harun; Koray, Semih.

Paper removed at the request of the primary author, Feb. 10, 2014.

CROP INSURANCE AND THE FUTURE FARM SAFETY NET

Palavras-chave: Demand function equilibria; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6136

Collins, Keith J.; Bulut, Harun.

Tipo: Article

Palavras-chave: Crop Insurance; Farm bill; Farm Programs; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q18.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120007

The Value of Third-Party Certification of Preconditioning Claims at Iowa Feeder Cattle Auctions

Parallel Research, Multiple Intellectual Property Right Protection Instruments, and the Correlation among R&D Projects

After controlling a variety of feeder cattle characteristics and market and sale conditions in Iowa feeder auctions, the price premiums for preconditioning claims (vaccinations and minimum 30 days of weaning) with and without third-party certification (TPC) are estimated as $6.12/cwt and $3.35/cwt, respectively. These premiums differ statistically (p<0.0001), and their difference exceeds the average participation cost of TPC ($1/cwt). This indicates that TPC is valued in the market to credibly signal preconditioning investment under asymmetric information.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Asymmetric information; Feeder cattle auctions; Quality; Signalling; Third-party certification; Q11; Q12; Q13; C23.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37052

Bulut, Harun; Moschini, GianCarlo.

The choice of a research path in attacking scientific and technological problems is a significant component of firms' R&D strategy. One of the findings of the patent races literature is that, in a competitive market setting, firms' noncooperative choices of research projects display an excessive degree of correlation, as compared to the socially optimal level. The paper revisits this question in a context in which firms have access to trade secrets, in addition to patents, to assert intellectual property rights (IPR) over their discoveries. We find that the availability of multiple IPR protection instruments can move the paths chosen by firms engaged in an R&D race toward the social optimum.

The Value of Third-Party Certification of Preconditioning Claims at Iowa Feeder Cattle Auctions

Palavras-chave: Intellectual property rights; Parallel R&D; Patent races; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18379

After controlling a variety of feeder cattle characteristics and market and sale conditions, we estimate the price premiums for preconditioning (vaccinations and minimum 30 days weaning) claims with and without third-party certification (TPC) as $6.15/cwt and $3.40/cwt, respectively, in Iowa feeder cattle auctions. These premiums differ statistically (p-value less than 0.0001) and their difference exceeds the additional participation cost of TPC ($1/cwt) on average. This indicates that the third party certification is valued in the market to credibly signal preconditioning investment under asymmetric information.

U.S. Universities' Net Returns from Patenting and Licensing: A Quantile Regression Analysis

Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18223

Bulut, Harun; Moschini, GianCarlo.

In line with the rights and incentives provided by the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, U.S. universities have increased their involvement in patenting and licensing activities through their own technology transfer offices. Only a few U.S. universities are obtaining large returns, however, whereas others are continuing with these activities despite negligible or negative returns. We assess the U.S. universities' potential to generate returns from licensing activities by modeling and estimating quantiles of the distribution of net licensing returns conditional on some of their structural characteristics. We find limited prospects for public universities without a medical school everywhere in their distribution. Other groups of universities (private, and public with a...

Optimal Coverage Level Choice with Individual and Area Plans of Insurance

Palavras-chave: Bayh-Dole Act; Quantile regression; Returns to innovation; Skewed distributions; Technology transfer; University patents; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18441

Bulut, Harun; Collins, Keith J.; Zacharias, Thomas P..

We theoretically examine a farmer’s coverage demand with area and individual insurance plans as either separate or integrated options. The individual and area losses are assumed to be imperfectly and positively correlated. With actuarially fair rates, the farmer will fully insure with the individual plan and demand no area insurance regardless of the plans being separate or integrated. Under separate plans, free area insurance and the fair rate for individual insurance, area insurance replaces a portion of individual insurance demand. Under integrated plans, free area insurance, and the fair rate for individual insurance, the farmer will over-insure with individual plan and demand additional area insurance.

Optimal Coverage Level Choice with Individual and Area Plans of Insurance

Palavras-chave: Agricultural risk; Area plans of insurance; Crop insurance; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; D81; G22; Q12; Q18.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103185

Bulut, Harun; Collins, Keith J.; Zacharias, Thomas P..

U.S. Consumers’ Valuation of Quality Attributes in Beef Products

Palavras-chave: Agricultural risk; Area plans of insurance; Crop insurance; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; D81; G22; Q12; Q18.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98803

Abidoye, Babatunde O.; Bulut, Harun; Lawrence, John D.; Mennecke, Brian; Townsend, Anthony M..

A sample of U.S. consumers were surveyed in a choice based experiment in the Fall of 2005 and Spring 2006 to elicit consumers’ preferences for quality attributes in beef products. Based on the resulting data, a random coefficients logit model is estimated, and consumers’ willingness to pay for these quality attributes in beef products is obtained. The results indicate that consumers have strong valuation for traceability, grass-fed, and U.S. origin attributes in a standard rib-eye steak and are willing to pay a premium for these attributes.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Conjoint analysis; Quality attributes; Random parameters; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; Q10; Q1.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100645

Meat Slaughter and Processing Plants’ Traceability Levels Evidence From Iowa

In the United States (U.S.), there is no uniform traceability regulation across food sector. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented one-step back and one-step forward traceability over the industries under its jurisdiction. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees meat, poultry and egg production, requires some record keeping as part of food safety regulation. Particularly, a two-part-system has developed; live animal traceability and meat traceability with slaughter and processing plants in between. This paper studies the question of whether (and if so how) meat plants’ traceability levels vary with respect to the following factors; product specific (credence versus experience and search attributes, branded versus commodity meat,...

On the Segregation of Genetically Modified, Conventional, and Organic Products in European Agriculture: A Multi-market Equilibrium Analysis

Palavras-chave: Traceability; Food safety; Quality assurances; Animal ID; RFID.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37576

Moschini, GianCarlo; Bulut, Harun; Cembalo, Luigi.

Evaluating the possible benefits of the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops must address the issue of consumer resistance as well as the complex regulation that has ensued. In the European Union (EU) this regulation envisions the "co-existence" of GM food with conventional and quality-enhanced products, mandates the labelling and traceability of GM products, and allows only a stringent adventitious presence of GM content in other products. All these elements are brought together within a partial equilibrium model of the EU agricultural food sector. The model comprises conventional, GM and organic food. Demand is modelled in a novel fashion, whereby organic and conventional products are treated as horizontally differentiated but GM products are...

The Value of Information Provision at Iowa Feeder Cattle Auctions

Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Differentiated demand; Genetically modified crops; Identity preservation; Innovation; Welfare; Production Economics.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18531

Controlling a variety of feeder cattle characteristics, and market and sale conditions, we estimate that certified vaccinations claims along with at least 30 days weaning claims bring in a premium of $6.13/cwt, which is nearly two times of that for similar uncertified claims, compared to no vaccinations and weaning claims at all in Iowa feeder cattle auctions. This indicates that the third-party certification is supported in the market as a tool to signal quality in terms of vaccinations and weaning claims towards preconditioning.