The influence of meatpacker conduct on daily cattle prices is examined in this study. Noncooperative game theory is used to model behavior in the meatpacking oligopsony. Theory suggests that for collusive behavior to persist ...

The study estimates and tests for differences in technical inefficiencies for farms with and without migrant workers in Lesotho. It also considers farm size and gender implications for inefficiencies. The stochastic ...

Regarding the equivalent tax revenue, overall, there is no specific income level to which crop farm would be indifferent across tax codes. The study suggests that future research should empirically explore the effects on ...

The econometric application focuses on the relative importance of pecuniary and nonpecuniary variables on adoption decisions and the effects of joint adoption decisions on estimation of adoption models. The results give ...

This study was conducted to determine possible reforms that may improve the Maisan 77 credit program. Specifically, it aimed to pinpoint suggestions that will reduce the net costs of lending and improve the financial and ...

The empirical study investigates factors that influence state adoption of NRD activity. The results show that size and probability of damages strongly influence the timing of the adoption. Additionally, environmental grants ...

In this research, the noise trader sentiment model of De Long, Schleifer, Summers, and Waldmann is modified and applied to futures markets. The theoretical model predicts that overly optimistic (pessimistic) noise traders ...