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Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Value Differentiation in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.; Scotchmer,   Suzanne; Simon,   Leo K.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25083

UNDERSTANDING PRODUCTION CONTRACTS: TESTING AN AGENCY THEORY MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.; Simon,   Leo K.
Production contracts are increasingly important in American agriculture.  Unfortunately, little is known about the fundamental forces governing their adoption and design.  In order to better-understand the underlying incentives, we construct and test an agency-theoretic model of broiler production contracts.  We discuss the analysis' implications for industry participants and government policy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20946

BEYOND MOBILITY: THE ROLE OF FUZZY ACCESS RIGHTS AND COMMON PROPERTY CONSIDERATIONS IN SEMI-ARID AFRICAN PASTORALIST SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; McCarthy,   Nancy.
We model the ill-defined nature of grazing access using fuzzy set theory.  We also model common property considerations.  Within this framework, we examine when the traditional system results in higher returns and/or lower variance for herders than land privatization or a standard common property regime.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20801

Value Differentiation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.
American agriculture is shifting from homogeneous commodities to differentiated products. Value differentiation, the process by which agrifood chain actors isolate, match, and exploit heterogeneity in consumer preferences and product attributes, is examined. Value differentiation is characterized by complementarities across four activities at each stage of the production chain: product characteristic measurement, product characteristic production, coordination between stages, and customer preference detection. Complementarities at the firm level are modeled using supermodularity. The model's predictions are discussed, as are potential testing approaches, and implications are presented for agrifood firms, marketing orders, and returns to research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Complementarities; Supermodularity; Value differentiation; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31069

Do Incentives For Quality Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; D86; C23; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6702

Dynamic Diffusion with Disadoption: The Case of Crop Biotechnology in the USA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge; Alexander,   Corinne E.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Controversy over the use of genetically engineered (GE) crops may have induced some farmers to disadopt these seeds, making a traditional diffusion model inappropriate. In this study, we develop and estimate a dynamic diffusion model, examine the diffusion paths of GE corn, soybeans, and cotton, predict the adoption of those crops over the next two years, and explore the main determinants of the diffusion rate. Our estimates indicate that future growth of Bt crops will be slower or negative, depending mainly on the infestation levels of the target pests. Adoption of herbicide-tolerant soybeans and cotton will continue to increase, unless consumer sentiment in the United States changes radically.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31479

Selective vs. Broad-Spectrum Pesticides: When Do Private Decisions Differ from Socially Optimal Decisions?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grogan,   Kelly A.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
This paper examines the spatial externalities of conventional and organic pest control methods to determine if, and how, the two types affect each other. These interactions make the problem more complicated than the usual analysis of a single externality. The numerical simulation model includes one organically managed and one conventionally managed field. One pest and one predator of the pest move between the two fields over five seasons. In each season, the conventional grower has the option of applying a broad-spectrum pesticide that kills the predator a selective pesticide that has no adverse effects on the predator but is either more expensive or less effective than the broad-spectrum pesticide. The organic grower can apply an organic pesticide,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spatial-dynamic games; Spatial externalities; Non-cooperative games; Organic agriculture; Biological control; Agricultural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C61; C72; Q18; Q52; Q57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103760

DO QUALITY INCENTIVES MATTER?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.
We utilize an unusual data set, involving fifteen tomato growers over four years, to analyze the impact of incentive contracts on behavior. Each grower delivers processing tomatoes under a price incentives contract and for a fixed price per ton. Our comparison of the quality of the tomatoes delivered under the two arrangements confirms that growers do respond to incentive contracts by improving tomato quality, as predicted by economic theory. The comparison is not confounded by the usual contract endogeneity and simultaneity problems, due to characteristics of the processing tomato industry and our data set.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Tomatoes; Marketing; Quality incentives; Purchasing contracts; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11946

INPUT CONTROL AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Simon,   Leo K.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric Information Input Control; Demand and Price Analysis; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123654

The Role of Harvest Timing in Pest Management:  Grower Response to Infestation by the California Olive Fruit Fly
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cobourn,   Kelly M.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Williams,   Jeffrey C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49475

PRICE DETERMINATION IN THE STRAWBERRY MARKET: A REGIONAL ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carter,   Colin A.; Chalfant,   James A.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Xia,   Tian.
We estimate five regional price determination models, four for regions in California, and one for Florida.  We compare our regional California estimation results to those of an aggregate, state-level model.  We use our estimation results to address three questions of interest to the strawberry industry which require a disaggregated analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19817

We Should Drink No Wine Before Its Time
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; LaFrance,   Jeffrey T.; Simon,   Leo K.
We consider the impact of taxes on the quantity and quality produced of goods whose market values accrue with age. The analysis is motivated by the high and increasing taxation rates in the wine industry across the globe. If society values both quality and quantity as goods, an optimal tax system would never reduce the quality marketed, though it necessarily reduces quantity. Any two-tax system that includes a volumetric sales tax and any one of three other types of tax – an ad valorem sales tax, an ad valorem storage tax, or a volumetric storage tax – spans the quality/revenue space and can support an optimal tax system. Any tax system that reduces quality relative to the market equilibrium with no taxes could increase tax revenues and reduce the quality...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Public Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25021

Structure and bargaining power in multilateral negotiations: Application to water management policies in France
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simon,   Leo K.; Thoyer,   Sophie; Morardet,   Sylvie; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rio,   Patrick; Rausser,   Gordon C.
Environmental policies are characterized by a growing emphasis on participation, devolution and negotiated decision making. Increasingly, centralized top down decision making systems are being replaced by new forms of local governance. In their strongest versions, these involve delegation of formal authority to local stakeholders who are expected to decide collectively upon the management rules of local common-pool resources. Devolution is particularly important in relation to the allocation and management of scarce water resources. Indeed the French water law of 1992 institutionalised the notion of devolution by requiring that water management rules be negotiated at the river basin level between all stakeholders. Although stakeholder negotiation is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C78; Q25; D78.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58258

DESIGNING GREEN PROGRAMS TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES: A MECHANISM DESIGN APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Gruere,   Guillaume P.; Klonsky,   Karen.
We evaluate the optimal design of programs to encourage the production of environmental amenities in agriculture using a mechanism design approach.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20702

Spatial Externalities of Pest Control Decisions in the California Citrus Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grogan,   Kelly A.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Predaceous and parasitic insects provide control of important citrus pests. However, many pesticides are toxic to these beneficials. Using California citrus grower survey data, this article tests whether landscape-level use of pesticides affects the presence of and reliance on Aphytis melinus, an important beneficial insect. Results show that landscape-level pesticide use decreases the presence of A. melinus and increases reliance on insecticides. Pesticide use on non-citrus crops has a significant negative effect on the presence of Aphytis melinus, suggesting a cross-crop spatial externality. Our findings illustrate that regulations designed to address cross-crop effects on beneficial insects can increase social welfare.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Aphytis melinus; Beneficial insects; California red scale; Citrus; Integrated pest management; Pesticide; Spatial externalities; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122310

A DYNAMIC MODEL OF THE FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR IN THE NEW MARKET ECONOMIES OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lyons,   Robert F.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.; Simon,   Leo K.
We evaluate the importance of the competitiveness and productive efficiency of the food processing sector for predicting policy outcomes, and the sector's performance under selected government interventions.  Our model is based on firm-level decisions and focuses explicitly on the effects of government policies on firms' incentives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21003

Liability Rules, Collective Organizations and the Provision of Food Safety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; McCarthy,   Nancy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114620

Structure and Power in Multilateral Negotiations: An Application to French Water Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simon,   Leo K.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.; Thoyer,   Sophie; Morardet,   Sylvie; Rio,   Patrick.
Stakeholder negotiation is an increasingly important policymaking tool. However, relatively little is understood about the relationship between the structure of the negotiating process and the effectiveness with which stakeholders can pursue their individual interests. We apply the Rausser- Simon multilateral bargaining model to a specific negotiation process involving water storage capacity and use in the upper Adour Basin in southwestern France. We focus on a coalition of three stakeholder groups with aligned but distinct interests. In addition to the standard indices of bargaining power—the distribution of political weights (“access”) and players’ utilities if an agreement is not reached, our analysis identifies other less obvious sources of power....
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Water; Bargaining; Negotiations; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37630

INVASIVE SPECIES IN AGRICULTURE: A RISING CONCERN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carter,   Colin A.; Chalfant,   James A.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27979

IMPACTS OF PESTICIDE REGULATION ON THE CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carter,   Colin A.; Chalfant,   James A.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Groves,   Kiara; Simon,   Leo K.
Environmental regulation of agriculture is becoming increasingly important, and growers are increasingly concerned about the effects of regulations on their profitability.  Regulations governing the use of a pesticide affect its economic value.  Further, growers often face a choice among pesticide alternatives, each with its own set of regulatory restrictions.  In this environment, the introduction of a new regulation can have complex effects on growers'’ profit-maximizing pesticide choices.  Buffer zones and regional emissions caps mean that pesticide choices can have important spatial components.  Our paper presents an optimization model that incorporates spatial considerations at the field and regional level.  We apply our model to fumigant choice by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20166

PESTICIDE REGULATION IN CALIFORNIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Wiersma,   Kelly.
A necessary condition for socially desirable regulation is that total social benefits outweigh total social costs.  We report available information regarding the costs of pesticide regulation in California, and evaluate the likelihood that the generated benefits outweigh these costs.  We conclude with a discussion of the implications for  future policy research and reforms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20588

MODELING THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES ON INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKee,   Gregory J.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Chalfant,   James A.; Carter,   Colin A.
Changes in production conditions associated with biological invasions can be complex. As a result, modeling invasive species management decisions can be difficult.  Modeling these decisions is further compounded by externalities associated with spatial relationships among growers.  In order to calculate optimal management decisions, an accurate bioeconomic model of the feedback between grower decisions and the new biological interactions created by an invasive species population is needed.  In this paper, a bioeconomic model is used to explicitly analyze how externalities caused by spatial relationships among agricultural producers affect optimal invasive species management decisions.  The example of the coordinated greenhouse whitefly management in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Invasive species; Strawberry; Greenhouse whitefly; Externality; Optimal management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21137

Pests and Agricultural Commodity Losses: Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Damage Function Estimation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cobourn,   Kelly M.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Williams,   Jeffrey C.; Zalom,   Frank.
Estimating the economic impact of a pest requires linking biological and economic systems via a damage function.  The most common damage function approach links exogenous pest populations to cumulative commodity yield losses at harvest.  This type of representation is a reduced form because is not pest population levels per se that drive damage, but the underlying factors that affect pest populations and the susceptibility of the host.  We specify and estimate a structural damage function and compare the results with those of the reduced form.  We do so using two alternative models, one that explains the level of crop damage from a pest, and one that explains the timing of that damage during the host’s growing season. We address our objectives within an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6530

Effects of the GM Controversy on Iowa Corn-Soybean Farmers' Acreage Allocation Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Prior to the 2000 planting season, some industry observers predicted acreage of genetically modified crops would decline dramatically. However, actual 2000 plantings presented a puzzle. Farmers reduced their acreage of genetically modified corn, but concurrently increased their acreage of genetically modified soybeans. We demonstrate that it may be theoretically optimal for risk-averse farmers to reduce their corn acreage but not their soybean acreage. However, past experience, attitudes, and farm size explained planting decisions to a larger degree than did risk preferences.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Expected utility; Genetically modified crops; Two-limit tobit model; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31066

Production Control and Production Contracts: Why Do Integrators  Control Inputs?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35908

Farmers’ Adoption of Genetically Modified Varieties with Input Traits
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11928

IS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BENEFICIAL FOR PUBLIC POLICY EFFICIENCY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eshel,   Dafna M. Disegni; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/02.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19604

DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF ALTERNATIVES TO ORGANOPHOSPHATE USE IN CALIFORNIA ALMONDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Klonsky,   Karen.
In order to explain trends in pesticide use, modeling efforts were undertaken related to dormant season organophosphate use in California almonds.  Over time, growers are less likely to choose to use environmentally unfriendly pesticides, especially when effective alternatives are available.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20090

Do Contracting Incentives Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.
Agency theory explanations for agricultural contract designs are often observationally equivalent to perfect information explanations. Further in order to test properly the hypothesis that moral hazard is important one must first test and accept the hypothesis that agents respond to contract incentives. If agents do not respond to contract incentives then it is unlikely that moral hazard is significant. Accordingly we move beyond contract design and focus on whether or not we can reject the hypothesis that moral hazard is important by examining growers responses to price incentives for processing tomato quality. We utilize a natural experiment.  In our data set growers deliver processing tomatoes under a price incentives contract and for a fixed price per...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123595

Modeling Processor Market Power and the Incidence of Agricultural Policy: A Non-parametric Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Russo,   Carlo.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114618

PRODUCTION SYSTEMS COMPETITION AND THE PRICING OF INNOVATIONS: AN APPLICATION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SEED CORN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Farmers now choose production systems rather than individual inputs.  This change may limit biotechnology innovation rents.  We model a corn farmer's production choice among four systems: traditional, herbicide-resistant, insect resistant, and high-oil.  We compare actual seed and chemical prices to the maximum rent the biotechnology firm can obtain.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Corn; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21646

THE COTTON ACREAGE EFFECTS OF BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION: A COUNTY-LEVEL ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dumas,   Christopher F.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
The success of the Boll Weevil Eradication (BWE) Program is believed to be one factor underlying the recent increase in cotton acreage in the Southeast.  We find weak evidence that the initial, eradication phase of the BWE program decreases cotton acreage, and strong evidence that the second, maintenance phase of the program increases acreage.  The full benefits associated with a BWE program may not become apparent until acreage adjustments occur, four to five years after program initiation.  Our results indicate that for a representative sample county neglecting acreage effects may lead to underestimation of BWE program net benefits by 9 percent-12 percent.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Acreage effects and policy evaluation; Boll weevil eradication program; Cotton; Integrated pest management (IPM); Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15153

PUBLIC PREFERENCES, PRESSURE GROUPS, AND PUBLIC POLICY REGARDING MULTIFUNCTIONALITY IN AGRICULTURE: COMPATIBILITY AND CONFLICT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Gruere,   Guillaume P.; Klonsky,   Karen.
The multifunctionality of agriculture is increasingly important in the design of agricultural policy. We compare the current emphasis of Californian state policies to social preferences, elicited through focus groups.  We demonstrate that program objectives and public priorities diverge in significant ways, and we develop a pressure group political economy model that explains such differences.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19595

Bioeconomic Modeling of Greenhouse Whiteflies in California Strawberries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKee,   Gregory J.; Carter,   Colin A.; Chalfant,   James A.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94377