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| Casasnovas, Valero L.; Aldanondo, Ana Maria. |
| Determining the competitive position of dairy farms depends on several technological, economic and institutional variables. Among them, are remarkable those related to animal feeding in the current context of high variability on prices. In this context, the aim of our study is to analyze the effects on milk supply and the competitiveness of dairy farms with different models of land intensification, with greater reliance on market purchases or self production of livestock feed. Our work is based on an econometric approach to a variable cost function, in a fixed effects model for unbalanced panel data of specialized dairy farms in Navarre (Spain). From this region, we use 3 geographical areas in relation to the availability of grazing land. It has been... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Multiproduct cost function; Panel data; Milk; Animal feed; Dairy farms; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114316 |
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| Laband, David N.; Lentz, Bernard F.. |
| Do cost considerations justify the current structure of production of extension services in which one or more providers exists in virtually all of the contiguous U.S. states? Provision of extension services has sizable cost implications for the host institutions. Yet, to our knowledge, there has been virtually no analysis of the impact of extension on higher education costs. Using academic year 1995-1996 data, we estimate a multiproduct cost function for 1,445 public institutions of higher education in the United States, including 65 that provide extension services. We find evidence of significant economies of scale with respect to the provision of extension services but no evidence of significant economies of scope between the provision of extension... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Extensions services; Higher education; Multiproduct cost function; Public Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; I122; L89. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43734 |
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