2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas

The purpose of this study is to investigate the issue of efficiency in the U.S. motor carrier industry using DEA and SFA. While both methods used the same variables, the [...]

Productivity and characteristics of southern agricultural economics faculty was compared to other regional faculty. With few exceptions, faculty members in the Southern r [...]

Econometric and time series model are utilized to study price linkages between the U.S. and export markets. VAR model showed that export price is affected by its past an [...]

Steel is used as a case study to decompose the links between primary and secondary markets, in order to examine how prices in the one market influence the prices in the o [...]

Net per acre returns and total returns for an average cotton farm in Mississippi Delta are calculated from observed and simulated yields. Results indicate higher mean pro [...]

Factors influencing the salaries of university agricultural economists were examined and compared to previous work. Results suggest the impact of publication output has [...]

Precision deep tillage allows for lower use of tillage though recognized variation with in a field. Comparative enterprise budgets, breakeven, and sensitivity analysis w [...]

This paper focuses on the ability of microfinance rating agencies to impose market discipline on microfinance institutions by rating these organizations' performance. Res [...]

Here, using input, output and nitrogen pollution data related to one state, we propose to extend the elasticity concept to include environmental pollution treated as unde [...]

Economic impacts of hunting activities reveals opportunities for landowners to capitalize on apparent market demand for fee-access hunting. This paper discusses the marg [...]