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Determinants Of Iowa Cropland Cash Rental Rates: Testing Ricardian Rent Theory, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Determinants Of Iowa Cropland Cash Rental Rates: Testing Ricardian Rent Theory, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
Based on the Ricardian rent theory, this study employs the variable profit function to analyze the determinants of Iowa cropland cash rental rates using county-level panel data from 1987 to 2005. Accounting for spatial and temporal autocorrelations, responses of local cash rental rates to changes in output prices and other exogenous variables are estimated. We find that Iowa cash rental rates are largely determined by output/input prices, soil quality, relative location, and other county-specific factors. Cash rents go up by $79 for a $1 increase in corn price in the short run. The marginal value of cropland quality, as represented …
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
Iowa's farmland consists of over 16% hay crops and pastureland, a significant portion of which is under cash rental contracts. This study investigates the comparative relationships between cash rental rates for cropped land and non-cropped land, where the latter includes hay and pastureland. We find that higher crop prices resulting from biofuel demand induces land use conversion from non-cropped land to crop production and thus bids up non-cropped land rents. Compared with changes in cropped land cash rents, non-cropped farmland rents could increase by a higher percentage. Non-cropped land cash rental rates are largely determined by crop and feeder cattle …
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
Iowa's farmland consists of over 16% hay crops and pastureland, a significant portion of which is under cash rental contracts. This study investigates the comparative relationships between cash rental rates for cropped land and non-cropped land, where the latter includes hay and pastureland. We find that higher crop prices resulting from biofuel demand induces land use conversion from non-cropped land to crop production and thus bids up non-cropped land rents. Compared with changes in cropped land cash rents, non-cropped farmland rents could increase by a higher percentage. Non-cropped land cash rental rates are largely determined by crop and feeder cattle …
Determinants Of Iowa Cropland Cash Rental Rates: Testing Ricardian Rent Theory, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Determinants Of Iowa Cropland Cash Rental Rates: Testing Ricardian Rent Theory, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
Based on the Ricardian rent theory, this study employs the variable profit function to analyze the determinants of Iowa cropland cash rental rates using county-level panel data from 1987 to 2005. Accounting for spatial and temporal autocorrelations, responses of local cash rental rates to changes in output prices and other exogenous variables are estimated. We find that Iowa cash rental rates are largely determined by output/input prices, soil quality, relative location, and other county-specific factors. Cash rents go up by $79 for a $1 increase in corn price in the short run. The marginal value of cropland quality, as represented …
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
Iowa's farmland consists of over 16% hay crops and pastureland, a significant portion of which is under cash rental contracts. This study investigates the comparative relationships between cash rental rates for cropped land and non-cropped land, where the latter includes hay and pastureland. We find that higher crop prices resulting from biofuel demand induces land use conversion from non-cropped land to crop production and thus bids up non-cropped land rents. Compared with changes in cropped land cash rents, non-cropped farmland rents could increase by a higher percentage. Non-cropped land cash rental rates are largely determined by crop and feeder cattle …
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Does A Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study Of Cash Rent Determinants For Iowa Farmland Under Hay And Pasture, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
Iowa's farmland consists of over 16% hay crops and pastureland, a significant portion of which is under cash rental contracts. This study investigates the comparative relationships between cash rental rates for cropped land and non-cropped land, where the latter includes hay and pastureland. We find that higher crop prices resulting from biofuel demand induces land use conversion from non-cropped land to crop production and thus bids up non-cropped land rents. Compared with changes in cropped land cash rents, non-cropped farmland rents could increase by a higher percentage. Non-cropped land cash rental rates are largely determined by crop and feeder cattle …
Determinants Of Iowa Cropland Cash Rental Rates: Testing Ricardian Rent Theory, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Determinants Of Iowa Cropland Cash Rental Rates: Testing Ricardian Rent Theory, Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
Based on the Ricardian rent theory, this study employs the variable profit function to analyze the determinants of Iowa cropland cash rental rates using county-level panel data from 1987 to 2005. Accounting for spatial and temporal autocorrelations, responses of local cash rental rates to changes in output prices and other exogenous variables are estimated. We find that Iowa cash rental rates are largely determined by output/input prices, soil quality, relative location, and other county-specific factors. Cash rents go up by $79 for a $1 increase in corn price in the short run. The marginal value of cropland quality, as represented …
Price Discontinuities In The Market For Rins, Charles F. Mason, Neil A. Wilmot
Price Discontinuities In The Market For Rins, Charles F. Mason, Neil A. Wilmot
Charles F Mason
No abstract provided.
Do Weather Fluctuations Cause People To Seek Information About Climate Change?, Corey Lang
Do Weather Fluctuations Cause People To Seek Information About Climate Change?, Corey Lang
Corey Lang
Learning about the causes and consequences of climate change can be an important avenue for supporting mitigation policy and efficient adaptation. This paper uses internet search activity data, a distinctly revealed preference approach, to examine if local weather fluctuations cause people to seek information about climate change. The results suggest that weather fluctuations do have an effect on climate change related search behavior, however not always in ways that are consistent with the projected impacts of climate change. While search activity increases with extreme heat in summer and extended periods of no rainfall and declines in extreme cold in winter, …
The Windy City: Property Value Impacts Of Wind Turbines In An Urban Setting, Corey Lang, James J. Opaluch
The Windy City: Property Value Impacts Of Wind Turbines In An Urban Setting, Corey Lang, James J. Opaluch
Corey Lang
This paper examines the impact of wind turbines on house values in Rhode Island. In contrast to wind farms surrounded by sparse development, in Rhode Island single turbines have been built in relatively high population dense areas. As a result, we observe 48,554 single-family, owner-occupied transactions within five miles of a turbine site, including 3,254 within one mile, which is far more than most related studies. We estimate hedonic difference-in-differences models that allow for impacts of wind turbines by proximity, viewshed, and contrast with surrounding development. Across a wide variety of specifications, the results suggest that wind turbines have no …
Does The Quality Of Electricity Matter? Evidence From Rural India, Ujjayant Chakravorty, Martino Pelli, Beyza Ural Marchand
Does The Quality Of Electricity Matter? Evidence From Rural India, Ujjayant Chakravorty, Martino Pelli, Beyza Ural Marchand
Ujjayant Chakravorty
This paper estimates the returns to household income due to improved access to electricity in rural India. We examine the effect of connecting a household to the grid and of the quality of electricity, defined as hours of daily supply. The analysis is based on two rounds of a representative panel of more than 10,000 households. We use the district-level density of transmission cables as instrument for the electrification status of the household. We find that a grid connection increases non-agricultural incomes of rural households by about 9 percent during the study period (1994-2005). However, a grid connection and a …
Clustering And Polarization In The Distribution Of Output: A Multivariate Perspective, Michele Battisti, Christopher Parmeter
Clustering And Polarization In The Distribution Of Output: A Multivariate Perspective, Michele Battisti, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Nonparametric Kernel Regression With Multiple Predictors And Multiple Shape Constraints, Pang Du, Christopher Parmeter, Jeffrey Racine
Nonparametric Kernel Regression With Multiple Predictors And Multiple Shape Constraints, Pang Du, Christopher Parmeter, Jeffrey Racine
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Embarrassingly Easy Embarrassingly Parallel Processing In R: Implementation And Reproducibility, Michael Delgado, Christopher Parmeter
Embarrassingly Easy Embarrassingly Parallel Processing In R: Implementation And Reproducibility, Michael Delgado, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
What Can We Learn From Benefit Transfer Errors? Evidence From 20 Years Of Research On Convergent Validity, Sapna Kaul, Kevin Boyle, Nicolai Kuminoff, Christopher Parmeter, Jaren Pope
What Can We Learn From Benefit Transfer Errors? Evidence From 20 Years Of Research On Convergent Validity, Sapna Kaul, Kevin Boyle, Nicolai Kuminoff, Christopher Parmeter, Jaren Pope
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Due Diligence In Meta-Analysis To Support Benefit Transfer, Kevin Boyle, Christopher Parmeter, Brent Boehlert, Robert Paterson
Due Diligence In Meta-Analysis To Support Benefit Transfer, Kevin Boyle, Christopher Parmeter, Brent Boehlert, Robert Paterson
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Data-Driven Model Evaluation: A Test For Revealed Performance, Jeffrey Racine, Christopher Parmeter
Data-Driven Model Evaluation: A Test For Revealed Performance, Jeffrey Racine, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Regression And Inference Under Smoothness Restrictions, Christopher Parmeter, Kai Sun, Daniel Henderson, Subal Kumbhakar
Regression And Inference Under Smoothness Restrictions, Christopher Parmeter, Kai Sun, Daniel Henderson, Subal Kumbhakar
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Does Education Matter For Economic Growth?, Michael Delgado, Daniel J. Henderson, Christopher Parmeter
Does Education Matter For Economic Growth?, Michael Delgado, Daniel J. Henderson, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
Empirical economic research typically uses education as a proxy for human capital. However, research aimed at validating the inclusion of education measures in growth regressions has yet to reach a consensus, often finding that the sign and significance of education depends on the sample of observations or the specification of the model. The goal of this paper is to reconcile the conflicting empirical evidence and validate (or invalidate) the inclusion of education in international growth regressions by providing a rigorous and systematic search for significance of education. Using methods which are largely immune to model misspecification, we examine six of …
A Zero Inefficiency Stochastic Frontier Estimator, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Christopher Parmeter, Efthymios G. Tsionas
A Zero Inefficiency Stochastic Frontier Estimator, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Christopher Parmeter, Efthymios G. Tsionas
Christopher F. Parmeter
Traditional stochastic frontier models impose inefficient behavior on all firms in the sample of interest. If the data under investigation represent a mixture of both fully efficient and inefficient firms then off-the-shelf frontier models are statistically inadequate. We introduce a zero-inflated stochastic frontier model which can accommodate the presence of both efficient and inefficient firms in the sample. We derive the corresponding log-likelihood function, conditional mean of inefficiency to estimate observation-specific inefficiency and discuss testing for the presence of fully efficient firms. We provide both simulated evidence as well as an empirical example which demonstrates the applicability of the proposed …
Human Capital Formation And Economic Development In Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis, Muhammad Irfan Chani, Mahboob Ul Hassan, Muhammad Shahid
Human Capital Formation And Economic Development In Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis, Muhammad Irfan Chani, Mahboob Ul Hassan, Muhammad Shahid
Muhammad Irfan Chani
This study investigates the casual relationship between economic development and formation of human capital in Pakistan. Based on endogenous growth theory, this study empirically tests the standard growth model consisting of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as a dependent variable and human capital formation, investment in physical capital and labor force as independent variables. Autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) bound testing approach to cointegration is used to check the long-run equilibrium relationship between the variables included in the model. For checking the causal relationship between economic development and human capital formation, pair-wise Granger causality test is used for time series …
Some Socio Economic Determinants Of Fertility In Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis, Muhammad Irfan Chani, Muhammad Shahid, Mahboob Ul Hassan
Some Socio Economic Determinants Of Fertility In Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis, Muhammad Irfan Chani, Muhammad Shahid, Mahboob Ul Hassan
Muhammad Irfan Chani
This study aims to investigate the role that various socioeconomic factors like female education, urbanization and female labour force participation play in determining fertility of women in Pakistan. ARDL bound test approach to cointegration is used to analyze the long-run relationship of the variables by using the data for the period from 1980 to 2009. The empirical results show that there exists a long-run as well as short-run relationship between fertility and urbanization, female labour force participation and female education in Pakistan. The analysis indicates there is a negative relationship between all 3 determinants with fertility. Female education and urbanization …
A Simple Method To Visualize Results In Nonlinear Regression Models, Daniel Henderson, Subal Kumbhakar, Christopher Parmeter
A Simple Method To Visualize Results In Nonlinear Regression Models, Daniel Henderson, Subal Kumbhakar, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Gdp Clustering: A Reappraisal, Michele Battisti, Christopher Parmeter
Gdp Clustering: A Reappraisal, Michele Battisti, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
A Review Of The Bms Package For R, Shahram Amini, Christopher Parmeter
A Review Of The Bms Package For R, Shahram Amini, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
This paper describes the relative merits and attractiveness of the newest Bayesian model averaging package, BMS, available in the statistical software R to implement a Bayesian model averaging exercise. This package provides the user a wide range of customizable priors for conducting a BMA analysis, provides ample graphs to visualize results and offers several alternative model search mechanisms.
Normal Reference Bandwidths For The General Order, Multivariate Kernel Density Derivative Estimator, Christopher Parmeter, Daniel Hendseron
Normal Reference Bandwidths For The General Order, Multivariate Kernel Density Derivative Estimator, Christopher Parmeter, Daniel Hendseron
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Smooth Coefficient Estimation Of A Seemingly Unrelated Regression, Daniel Henderson, Subal Kumbhakar, Qi Li, Christopher Parmeter
Smooth Coefficient Estimation Of A Seemingly Unrelated Regression, Daniel Henderson, Subal Kumbhakar, Qi Li, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
A Quick Guide On Sweave, Christopher Parmeter
A Quick Guide On Sweave, Christopher Parmeter
Christopher F. Parmeter
No abstract provided.
Bayesian Estimation Approaches To First-Price Auctions, Subal Kumbhakar, Christopher Parmeter, Efthymios Tsionas
Bayesian Estimation Approaches To First-Price Auctions, Subal Kumbhakar, Christopher Parmeter, Efthymios Tsionas
Christopher F. Parmeter
This paper considers Bayesian estimation strategies for first-price auctions within the independent private value paradigm. We develop an ‘optimization’ error approach that allows for estimation of values assuming that observed bids differ from optimal bids. We further augment this approach by allowing systematic over or underbidding by bidders using ideas from the stochastic frontier literature. We perform a simulation study to showcase the appeal of the method and apply the techniques to timber auction data collected in British Columbia. Our results suggest that significant underbidding is present in the timber auctions.
Quasi-Experiments And Hedonic Property Value Methods, Christopher Parmeter, Jaren Pope
Quasi-Experiments And Hedonic Property Value Methods, Christopher Parmeter, Jaren Pope
Christopher F. Parmeter
There has recently been a dramatic increase in the number of papers that have combined quasi-experimental methods with hedonic property models. This is largely due to the concern that cross-sectional hedonic methods may be severely biased by omitted variables. While the empirical literature has developed extensively, there has not been a consistent treatment of the theory and methods of combining hedonic property models with quasi-experiments. The purpose of this chapter is to fill this void. An effort is made to provide background information on the traditional hedonic theory, the traditional cross-sectional hedonic methods as well as the newer quasi-experimental hedonic …