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

Luckstead, Jeff; Choi, Seung Mo; Devadoss, Stephen; Mittelhammer, Ronald C..

A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PRICE DETERMINATION UNDER JOINT PROFIT MAXIMIZATION IN BILATERAL MONOPOLY

Palavras-chave: China; IST; Human capital; International Development; O30.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103072

This study provides a dynamic mathematical treatment of price determination under bilateral monopoly. The results are: a) a quantitiative solution for the equilibrium price; b) equality of profits of the buyer and seller; c) dynamically stable equilibrium price; and d) the bargaining process achieves the equilibrium price at a faster pace for larger value of the quantity.

A General Equilibrium Analysis of Foreign and Domestic Demand Shocks Arising from Mad Cow Disease in the United States

Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.

Ano: 1998

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20809

Devadoss, Stephen; Holland, David W.; Stodick, Leroy; Ghosh, Joydeep.

The discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003 reverberated across the beef and cattle industry. This study employs a general equilibrium model to analyze the potential economic effects of mad cow disease on the beef, cattle, and other meat industries under three scenarios, ranging form most favorable to most pessimistic. The scenario with 90% foreign demand decline and 10% domestic demand reduction generates results consistent with the actual outcomes after the mad cow disease outbreak. Only if domestic demand declines significantly will the economic hardship in the U.S. beef and cattle industry be very large.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Demand decline; Economic effects; Mad cow disease; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8607

An Evaluation of Canadian and U.S. Policies of Log and Lumber Markets

Chinese and U.S. Apple Trade in ASEAN

The recent lumber trade war between Canada and the United States deals with Canadian stumpage policies, Canada’s log export controls, and U.S. retaliatory duty. This study determines the appropriate level of U.S. countervailing duty (CVD) by employing a vertically interrelated log–lumber model. The theoretical results show that the U.S. CVD can be greater (will be less) than the Canadian subsidy for a vertically related log–lumbermarket (for lumber market only). Empirical results support the theoretical findings in that the U.S. CVD for the log–lumber market (lumber market alone) is 1.55 (0.91) times the Canadian subsidy.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Countervailing duty; Dispute; Log; Lumber; Subsidy; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; F13.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45517

Luckstead, Jeff; Devadoss, Stephen; Mittelhammer, Ronald C..

We investigate oligopolistic competition between U.S. and Chinese apple exporters in the ASEAN market using strategic trade theory and the NEIO literature. We also analyze competition in the U.S. and Chinese domestic markets. U.S. supplies higher quality apples to ASEAN than China, resulting in product differentiation. The results show that U.S. exporters had a higher markup than Chinese exporters through the 1990s; however, as the share of Chinese apples expanded, the U.S. markup declined and the Chinese markup increased dramatically. Competitive pricing prevails both in the U.S. and Chinese domestic markets.

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: Apple Trade; Market Power; ASEAN; Conjectural Elasticity; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade; F13; L1.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124372

CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS OF TROUT AS A FOOD ITEM

Foltz, John C.; Dasgupta, Siddhartha; Devadoss, Stephen.

The impacts of socioeconomic/demographic characteristics, experiences and preferences of consumers on trout purchasing decisions were estimated using Probit and Ordered Probit regression techniques. Data from a survey of consumer purchasing behavior and personal attributes were used to deduce factors that led to either a high or low likelihood of purchasing trout products. Analysis of data pertaining to whole trout and value-added products yielded consistently different characteristics of consumers who show a high affinity toward purchasing one or more of such products. Results from these analyses were used to suggest techniques for marketing whole trout and value-added trout products to specific segments of the consumer population.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 1999

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34345

Contributions of Immigrant Farmworkers to California Vegetable Production

Devadoss, Stephen; Luckstead, Jeff.

A major concern with immigrants coming into the United States is that they adversely affect domestic workers through job competition and wage depression.We study the displacement and wage reduction effects of immigrants in California vegetable production, which is labor intensive, and 95% of the farmworkers in California are immigrants. Our findings show that this concern is not valid in vegetable production because the addition of one new immigrant displaces only 0.0123 domestic workers, and wage reduction is inconsequential. But one immigrant worker increases the vegetable production by $23,457 and augments the productivity of skilled workers, material inputs, and capital by $11,729.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Employment displacement; Immigrant labor; Vegetable production; Wage effect; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; J43; J61.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47265

Contributions of U.S. Crop Subsidies to Biofuel and Related Markets

Devadoss, Stephen; Bayham, Jude.

The U.S. crop subsidies provide incentives for farmers to expand feedstock production, which benefits the biofuel producers by lowering input costs. This study develops a general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of a reduction in the U.S. crop subsidy on biofuel industries and social welfare. The impacts of feedstock policies on the biofuel market are marginal. In contrast, the biofuel mandate has a larger impact and counteracts the effects of the crop subsidy reduction. The mandate increases the demand for feedstock and causes not only grain ethanol, but also cellulosic ethanol production to rise. The mandate exacerbates the distortion, and government spending increases significantly, leading to greater welfare loss.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Biofuel; Environmental impacts; Farm supports; Welfare analysis; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q18; Q27.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100525

DISCUSSANT'S COMMENTS FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, SELECTED PAPERS SESSION SP-10R, "TRADE AND MACRO POLICY IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT"

The implications of markets, government policies and macroeconomic events,on the agricultural sector are discussed in these papers. The Implications of an Export Tax on Sectoral Growth: A Case in Pakistan Darren Hudson, Mississippi State University and Don Ethridge, Texas Tech University. Economic Boom, Financial Bust, and the Fate of Thai Agriculture: Was Growth in the 1990s Too Fast? Ian Coxhead, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bringing Spatial Relationships Back in to Market Integration Studies: A Multivariate Approach for the Brazilian Rice Market Gloria Gonzalez-Rivera and Steven Helfand. A Dynamic Model of the Food Processing Sector in the New Market Economies of Central Europe Robert Lyons, Rachael Goodhue, Gordon Rausser, and Leo Simon,...

DOMESTIC SUPPORT AND WTO NEGOTIATIONS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' PERSPECTIVES

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 1998

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20939

Economics of the US - Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute: A Historical Perspective

Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36667

Rahman, S.M. Osman; Devadoss, Stephen.

This paper reviews the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute over the past two decades by outlining the key developments and critically appraising the arguments put forward by both countries. It also presents a welfare analysis of lumber trade distortions. Given the importance of lumber trade between Canada and the United States, an expeditious resolution of this long-running trade dispute would be beneficial for both countries.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Antidumping and countervailing duties; Lumber; Trade distortions; Welfare; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23908

EFFECTS OF TRADE BARRIERS ON U.S. APPLE EXPORTS

Sreedharan, Prasanna; Devadoss, Stephen; Stodick, Leroy; Wahl, Thomas I..

We build a spatial equilibrium trade model for apples using demand and supply relations for each importing and exporting country. The model maximizes welfare subject to demand and production constraints. A trade barrier (free trade) scenario which incorporates (removes) import quotas and tariffs is run. Comparison of the solutions of the two scenarios quantifies the impacts of trade barriers on US apple exports.

Efficient Land Tenure Contract Under Asymmetric Information

Palavras-chave: Apples; Spatial equilibrium model; Trade barriers; International Relations/Trade; F10.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22172

Dasgupta, Siddhartha; Devadoss, Stephen.

Enhancing Student Learning Experiences and Providing Value to the Agribusiness Industry by Building the Industry-Institution Interface

Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.

Ano: 1997

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35821

Foltz, John C.; Devadoss, Stephen.

This paper addresses agribusiness industry-institution interfaces, research-education linkages, and improving agribusiness education with opportunities such as agricultural students’ internships with agribusiness companies, conducting applied research, and finding opportunities for agribusiness educational seminars conducted by universities. The rationale for agribusiness internships is discussed, and agribusiness internship structure and planning is outlined. The potential benefits of a Departmental Advisory Board are listed, along with suggestions for implementing such a group. Applied agribusiness research opportunities including case studies and extension, outreach, or trade publications are highlighted, and examples of this type of work are discussed....

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Advisory board; Agribusiness management; Case studies; Continuing education; Internships; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90638

Ethanol Trade between Brazil and the United States

Devadoss, Stephen; Kuffel, Martin.

The United States has used tax credit and mandate to promote ethanol production. To offset the tax credit availed by the imported ethanol, the United States instituted an import tariff. This study ascertains the appropriate U.S. ethanol import tariff corresponding to the U.S. domestic policies by setting the policy-induced ethanol price equal to the free market price. The theoretical results from a horizontally-related ethanol-gasoline partial equilibrium model of three countries (the United States, Brazil, and the Rest of the World) show that the United States should provide an import subsidy rather than impose a tariff. The empirical results quantify that this import subsidy is $0.10, instead of a $0.57 import tariff, per gallon of ethanol.

Factors Influencing Growth of Dairy Product Manufacturing in the United States

Palavras-chave: Ethanol imports; Mandate; Subsidy; Tariff; Tax credit; International Relations/Trade; F13.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60889

Asiseh, Fafanyo; Devadoss, Stephen; Bolotova, Yuliya; Foltz, John C.; Haggerty, Robert J..

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Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Dairy product manufacturing; Growth; United States; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93347

Impacts of Foreign Investment and Advertising on the Export Demand for U.S. Frozen Potatoes

Lanclos, D. Kent; Devadoss, Stephen; Guenthner, Joseph F..

Implications of Immigration Policies for the U.S. Farm Sector and Workforce

Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Marketing.

Ano: 1997

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35757

Devadoss, Stephen; Luckstead, Jeff.

We develop a theoretical model using migration and trade theory to examine the effects of domestic and border enforcement policies on unauthorized workers and the U.S. agricultural sector. The theoretical results show that heightened immigration policies increase the illegal farm wage rate, and reduce the employment of unauthorized farm workers and exports. The empirical analysis show that increased domestic enforcements curtail the number of undocumented farm workers by an average of 8947 and commodity exports to Mexico by an average of $180 million. The tighter border control curbs illegal farm workers by 8147 and reduces farm exports by $181 million.

IMPORTANCE OF THE PROCESSED FOOD SECTOR FOR THE U.S. AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Exports; Immigration; Labor; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; F160.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61482

Is the U.S. Import Tariff on Brazilian Ethanol Justifiable?

Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper

Palavras-chave: Processed food trade; Processed food; U.S. agricultural industry; Agribusiness; Q1; F1.

Ano: 1998

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29246