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| Jarrett, Frank G.. |
| Theoretical problems involved in the reconciliation of the assumption of constant returns to scale with determinacy of firm size are discussed with particular reference to Australian farms. Various techniques for examining changes in the size distribution of firms are examined and their use demonstrated. The work is stochastic rather than deterministic. B.A.E. sheep industry survey data is used and flock size is used as the measure of farm size. The results do not suggest that inequality in the distribution of farm sizes is increasing. Growth differs between flock sizes within the same region and for the same flock size between regions. Profitability seems to be relatively larger in the medium flock sizes. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 1968 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22698 |
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| Jarrett, Frank G.. |
| This paper is mainly intended to provide a vehicle for discussion of recent research in measuring resource productivity using what has come to be known in agricultural economics as the Cobb-Douglas approach. I have attempted to draw together most of the points that have been raised by others together with some comments. The organisation of the discussion has been to give a brief historical background to this type of work and then to consider the economic and statistical difficulties involved in fitting empirical production functions. Finally, the use of the results of such work in assisting policy decisions both by the community and the individual farmer is considered. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Production Economics. |
| Ano: 1957 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22846 |
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| Mules, T.J.; Jarrett, Frank G.. |
| The potato industry in South Australia is characterised by very unstable prices. One hypothesis for this instability is that potato growers' acreage responses follow a cobweb pattern, that is, a one year lag of acreage to price. This hypothesis is tested, together with a two year lag and a distributed lag. The distributed lag model seems the most satisfactory and gives a short-run elasticity of acreage to price of 0.36 and a long-run elasticity of 1.09. An alternative to the lagged price hypothesis is the "constant cash return" hypothesis which postulates that potatoes are grown to provide a certain cash income to permit farm development. This explanation of acreage response only seems relevant in the dairying and fat lamb areas of the State. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1966 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22670 |
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| Hardaker, J. Brian; Jarrett, Frank G.. |
| This paper is an introduction to the Development Studies Conference and an overview of the four main topics that were the focus of conference discussion. A survey of the evolution of development thought serves to introduce the presentation of nine hypotheses. The latter provide a framework for comment upon the four conference themes: household and village economy; the economics of institutional change; the economics of new technology adaptation and adoption; and overall planning and the economics of human resource and infrastructure development. Not unexpectedly, the chief conclusion is that there is no magic formula for development. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 1993 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9583 |
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| Jarrett, Frank G.; Dillon, John L.. |
| It is argued in this article that over the period from 1948 to 1963, lending to the rural sector by both trading banks and pastoral houses was characterized by an unsatisfied fringe of potential borrowers. Estimates are presented of the effects on rural lending by these agencies of changes in interest rate, bank liquidity, the relative profitability of wool growing and certain other variables. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 1965 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22565 |
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| Jarrett, Frank G.. |
| In September 1981, the then Minister for Primary Industry set up a Working Group under the Chairmanship of Sir James Balderstone to prepare, within one year, a policy discussion paper on agriculture. The terms of reference were wide-ranging and included the need to identify the major policy issues and options relating to the agricultural sector. The relevant time horizon was taken to be the 1980s. The terms of reference were: (a) intersectoral relationships affecting agriculture, including resource development, wages policy and assistance to other sectors; (b) trade policy, in particular the impact of the Common Agriculture Policy of the EEC; (c) factors affecting technical and economic efficiency in agriculture; (d) current government assistance to... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 1983 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23033 |
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| Lindner, Robert K.; Pardey, Philip G.; Jarrett, Frank G.. |
| Some hypotheses about the timing of farmers becoming aware of an innovation and the subsequent decision to use that innovation are derived from a recently developed, decision-theoretic model of the adoption process. They are tested using empirical evidence on the time taken by early adopters of trace element fertilisers in S.A. to discover and decide to use this innovation. The central role of information search in the adoption process is emphasised and it is postulated that various distance measures provide a useful measure of information availability and reliability. The results of the empirical analysis are consistent with the hypothesised relationships. Another finding is the importance of distinguishing between early adopters who are genuinely... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 1982 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22607 |
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