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| Sauer, Johannes. |
| Milk quota trading rules differ across EU member countries. In Denmark a biannual milk quota exchange was set up in 1997 to promote a more efficient reallocation of milk quotas as well as to reduce transaction costs related to the searching and matching of sellers and buyers. Using two comprehensive panel data sets on organic and conventional milk farms this study attempts to disentangle the effects of the introduction of quota transferability on the production structure of those farms as well as the probability of market entry/exit. Bayesian estimation techniques are used to estimate an input oriented generalized Leontief distance function as well as a curvature constrained specification. The results suggest that the deregulation in the quota allocation... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6425 |
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| Karantininis, Kostas; Sauer, Johannes; Furtan, William Hartley. |
| While mergers, both horizontal and vertical, have been shaping the landscape of the agri-food industry in Europe, the implications of the changing market structure on the level of innovation has not been studied yet. In this paper we deal with the link between innovation and market structure using the empirical example of the Danish agri-food industry. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First we test for the importance of vertical integration on innovation. While there exist several studies on this linkage, to our knowledge, this is the first that deals with the agri-food industry. Secondly, we examine both product proliferation and innovation. To our knowledge, there are no other similar studies that examine both aspects using the same data set. We... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Vertical Integration; Product Proliferation; Agribusiness; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6074 |
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| Tchale, Hardwick; Sauer, Johannes. |
| In this paper we analyze the factors that influence the productivity of maize among smallholder farmers. We use farm-household survey data in order to compare the productivity of smallholder maize production under integrated (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management using a normalized translog yield response model. The results indicate higher maize yield responses for integrated soil fertility management options after controlling for the intensity of fertilizer application, labour intensity, seed rate, land husbandry practices as well as selected policy factors. The estimated model is highly consistent with theoretical conditions. Thus we conclude that the use of ISFM improves maize productivity, compared to the use of inorganic fertilizer only.... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Malawi; Smallholder agriculture; Soil fertility management; Yield response model; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14954 |
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| Gorton, Matthew; Sauer, Johannes; Supatpongkul, Pajaree. |
| An analysis of primary survey data on Thai shopping behavior seeks to understand the relative satisfaction of consumers with wet markets and supermarkets and identify the factors that affect frequency of visit to, and purchase behavior within, these retail outlets. This is used as a basis for engaging in wider debates on the ‘supermarket revolution’ in Asia. On all salient attributes affecting retail outlet choice, wet markets are perceived, in general, to be inferior to supermarkets. However for fresh produce sales, wet markets retain an advantage. Both socio-economic characteristics and retail outlet attributes are considered as determinants of food shopping behavior. Bootstrapped bivariate ordered probit models identify that those using wet markets more... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food choice; Retail; Thailand.; Consumer/Household Economics; D12; L81; P46. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51054 |
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| Sauer, Johannes; Frohberg, Klaus; Hockmann, Heinrich. |
| The availability of efficiency estimation software freely distributed via the internet and relatively easy to use recently inflated the number of corresponding applications. The resulting efficiency estimates are used without a critical assessment with respect to the literature on theoretical consistency, flexibility and the choice of the appropriate functional form. The robustness of policy suggestions based on inferences from efficiency measures nevertheless crucially depends on theoretically well-founded estimates. This paper addresses stochastic efficiency measurement by critically reviewing the theoretical consistency of recently published technical efficiency estimates with respect to economic development. The results confirm the need for a... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18772 |
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| Furtan, William Hartley; Sauer, Johannes. |
| This paper empirically investigates the determinants of firms’ performance in the agri-food sector by using recent survey data for Denmark. Treating sales per employee as a proxy for value addition we estimate several bootstrapped regression models to draw conclusions on the marginal effects of potential performance determinants such as the form and nature of ownership, stage of the food chain and commodity sector, new product development, staff quality, firms’ competitive stance, and elements of firms’ strategy. To draw robust inferences we apply, besides the ordinary heteroscedasticity corrected Tobit ML-estimator, a nonparametric least absolute deviations estimator (LAD/CLAD) based on a quantile regression procedure. The results indicate that we cannot... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Value added; Innovation; Organizational type; Agribusiness; Q13; O31; O33. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6422 |
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| Gorton, Matthew; Sauer, Johannes; Supatpongkul, Pajaree. |
| Drawing on the Big Middle theory of retail evolution, an analysis of primary survey data on Thai shopping behavior seeks to understand the relative satisfaction of consumers with wet markets and supermarkets, identifying the factors that affect frequency of visit to, and purchase behavior within, these retail outlets. This provides the basis for engaging in a wider debate on the possibility of a ‘Global Big Middle’ for food retailing. On all salient attributes affecting retail outlet choice, supermarkets perform better than wet markets. However for fresh produce, wet markets continue to account for the majority of expenditure, albeit to a far lesser extent than in previous studies. A bootstrapped bivariate ordered probit model identifies that supermarkets... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Big Middle; Food retailing; Thailand; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; D12; L81; P46. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50332 |
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| Sauer, Johannes. |
| Milk quota trading rules differ across EU member countries. In Denmark a biannual milk quota exchange was set up in 1997 to promote a more efficient reallocation of milk quotas as well as to reduce transaction costs related to the searching and matching of sellers and buyers. Using two comprehensive panel data sets on organic and conventional milk farms this study attempts to disentangle the effects of the introduction of an increased quota transferability on the production structure of those farms as well as the probability of market entry and exit. Bayesian estimation techniques are used to estimate an input oriented generalized Leontief distance function as well as a curvature constrained specification. The results suggest that the deregulation in the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Organic Farming; Milk Quota; Distance Function; Bayesian Analysis. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36869 |
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| Furtan, William Hartley; Sauer, Johannes. |
| This paper investigates empirically the determinants of firms’ performance in the agrifood sector by using recent survey data for Denmark. Treating sales per employee as a proxy for value added we estimate several bootstrapped regression models to draw conclusions on the marginal effects of potential performance determinants such as the form and nature of ownership, stage of the food chain and commodity sector, new product development, staff quality, firms’ competitive stance, and elements of firms’ strategy. To draw robust inferences we apply, besides the ordinary heteroscedasticity corrected Tobit ML-estimator, a nonparametric least absolute deviations estimator (LAD/CLAD) based on a quantile regression... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Value added; Innovation; Organizational type; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; O31; O33. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36851 |
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| Sauer, Johannes; Tchale, Hardwick. |
| In this paper, we analyze the factors that influence the productivity of maize among smallholder farmers, given that unfavourable output and input market conditions throughout the 1990s have compelled smallholder farmers into unsustainable agricultural intensification. We use farm-household survey data in order to compare the productivity of smallholder maize production under integrated (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management using a normalized translog yield response model. The results indicate higher maize yield responses for integrated soil fertility management options after controlling for the intensity of fertilizer application, labour intensity, seed rate, land husbandry practices as well as selected policy factors. The estimated model is... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Malawi; Smallholder agriculture; Soil fertility management; Yield response model; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21423 |
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