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| Ligeon, Carel; Gregorowicz, Philip; Jolly, Curtis M.. |
| Alcohol consumption is considered an important social activity but a major health risk in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Alcohol consumption net benefits are doubtful and the factors influencing alcohol consumption in the LAC countries are not well documented. In this study, we use secondary data and Ordinary Least Squares Regression models to evaluate the factors influencing alcohol consumption in LAC countries. The factors that significantly affect alcohol consumption are: alcohol imports, alcohol exports, alcohol production, consumer price index, real GDP per capita, urban population, number of television sets available to the household, and whether the person is from the Caribbean or not. A closer look at the factors indicates that a 1.0... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Alcohol consumption; Latin American and Caribbean; Importation; Consumer price index; CAES; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36956 |
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| Ligeon, Carel; Bayard, Budry; Clark, Joy M.; Jolly, Curtis M.. |
| Seafood consumption in the U.S. has increased over the period 1990 to 2003. A large percentage of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. The most important seafood products imported to the U.S. are shrimp, Atlantic salmon, tilapia, catfish, crayfish, mussels and a mixture of mollusks. In 2003, the U.S. imported 199 million pounds of tilapia and tilapia products, at a value of $241.2 million, a 38% increase from the previous year. The seafood market has been considered an important foreign exchange earner for the Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM), and Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) member countries. Jamaica is the only CARICOM country that exports tilapia products from aquaculture sources to the U.S. In 2003, Jamaica exported 39,950... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Tilapia; Sea-food; Almost-Ideal-Demand-System; Import; FTAA countries; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36805 |
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| Ligeon, Carel; Jolly, Curtis M.; Jackson, John D.. |
| The effects of increased exports from NAFTA member countries on the U.S. domestic catfish industry were evaluated. Results showed that the quantity of catfish imported will fall if the domestic price of catfish falls relative to the import price. Past imports have no effect on present imports. The income elasticity was negative indicating that imported catfish may be an inferior good. Doubling present levels of imports from NAFTA member countries is not a threat to the U.S. catfish industry. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27066 |
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| Jolly, Curtis M.; Bayard, Budry; Ligeon, Carel; Keefe, Alison M.. |
| The effects of globalization on smaller nation Caribbean states have not been thoroughly examined, and the trade performance of these states has not been evaluated since the WTO came into existence. In this paper, we report on a study that conducted a comparative analysis of selected Caribbean nation states with other countries at different stages of development to determine their levels of performance from 1990 to 1995, the period before the WTO began full operation, and the period 1996 to 2002, the period after globalization. The selected Caribbean countries were Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname. The measures for comparison are changes in GDP per capita, capital investment as a percentage of GDP, foreign direct... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Caribbean states; Regression analysis; Globalization; Equity.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; International Development. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36800 |
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| Ligeon, Carel; Jolly, Curtis M.; Bencheva, Nelly; Delikostadinov, Stanko; Puppala, Naveen. |
| As farmers in a transition economy search for new crop enterprises with a potential for income enhancement they are faced with increased risks in the process of resource allocation. It has been noted that biased estimation of production function estimates results from the lack of accountability of risks. Since peanut production in Bulgaria has increased at a varying rate since 1989 it is important that we examine the risks associated with input use. The data for this study were collected from farmers from 18 villages in the southern part of Bulgaria. A total of 205 farmers were surveyed for this study. Peanut yield in Bulgaria is positively related to the quantity of seed used, fungicide, manual labor, investment level and mechanized labor used.... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93807 |
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