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| Title: | SELECTIVE BREEDING, HERITABLE CHARACTERISTICS AND GENETIC-BASED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE CANADIAN BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY |
| Authors: | Kerr, William A. |
| Issue Date: | 1984-07 |
| Abstract: | The paper presents an examination of genetic-based technological change in the Canadian beef cattle industry. A model of technological change is explicitly developed in characteristics space. Production functions with genetic characteristics as arguments are estimated and two forms of technological change identified. Shadow values for characteristics are then calculated and actual genetic improvements are compared to the improvements suggested by the shadow prices. It is concluded that market forces are sufficient to regulate the process of genetic-based technological change in the Canadian beef cattle industry. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/32362 |
| Institution/Association: | Western Journal of Agricultural Economics>Volume 09, Number 01, July 1984 |
| Total Pages: | 15 |
| Language: | English |
| From Page: | 14 |
| To Page: | 28 |
| Collections: | Volume 09, Number 01, July 1984
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