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The 2007 Farm Bill: U.S. Producer Preferences For Agricultural, Food And Public Policy, Bradley Lubben, Nelson L. Bills, James B. Johnson, James L. Novak
The 2007 Farm Bill: U.S. Producer Preferences For Agricultural, Food And Public Policy, Bradley Lubben, Nelson L. Bills, James B. Johnson, James L. Novak
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
The development of the next farm bill is a complex, comprehensive process that involves numerous issues. The process will, in part, be driven by the economic climate, the budget situation, the trade arena, and the political setting at the time of the debate. The economic setting and the political setting invite a significant debate on the shape of the farm bill and the potential for new directions or alternatives. The budget setting and the trade setting both present challenges for this farm bill debate in terms of program priorities and potential program trade-offs.
In this complex environment, understanding producer attitudes …
Public Inputs And Dynamic Producer Behavior: Endogenous Growth In U.S. Agriculture, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Alejandro Onofri
Public Inputs And Dynamic Producer Behavior: Endogenous Growth In U.S. Agriculture, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Alejandro Onofri
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
This paper is an attempt to understand the impact of public R&D and public infrastructure on the performance of the U.S. agricultural sector during the last part of the twentieth century. A neoclassical Solow growth model is not sufficient for this understanding given the sustained growth performance of the sector. We base our analysis on a well known endogenous growth model, the 'AK model' where nonconvexities are introduced through non-rival inputs. Based on these models and within the dynamic models that rationalize private and public decision making, we have identified three testable hypotheses regarding the aggregate agricultural production technology. They …
Strategic Labeling And Trade Of Gmos, Luc Veyssiere, Konstantinos Giannakas
Strategic Labeling And Trade Of Gmos, Luc Veyssiere, Konstantinos Giannakas
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
The emergence of agricultural biotechnology and the subsequent introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the food system have been among the most controversial issues surrounding the increasingly scrutinized agri-food system. They have received considerable attention in the economics literature with the main focus being on the optimal regulatory response to products of biotechnology. This paper builds on the literature on the regulation of products of biotechnology by placing the analysis of labeling decisions in a multi-country context. Specifically, the objective of this study is to examine the effect of the strategic interdependence between countries on their regulatory responses to …
Hydrologically-Connected Ground Water, Section 858, And The Spear T Ranch Decision, J. David Aiken
Hydrologically-Connected Ground Water, Section 858, And The Spear T Ranch Decision, J. David Aiken
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
This 2006 Nebraska Law Review articles analyzies the 2005 Nebraska Supreme Court decision of Spear T Ranch v. Knaub in which the court adopts section 858 of the the Restatement of Torts (2d) as the judicial rule for resolving conflicts between competing users of surface water and hydrologically-connected ground water.