Agricultural Supply Functions

Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine

Agricultural Supply Functions: Estimating Techniques and Interpretation

Earl O. Heady, C. B. Baker, Howard G. Diesslin, Earl Kehrberg, Sydney Staniforth, Marc Nerlove, Elmer W. Learn, Willard W. Cochrane, Dale A. Knight, Richard H. Day, Vincent I. West, Dean E. McKee, Laurel D. Loftsgard, Glenn L. Johnson, H. R. Jensen, L. M. Day, Earl E. Houseman, Alvin C. Egbert, James T. Bonnen, Earl R. Swanson, Frederick V Waugh

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Description

A compilation of essays on the problems, research techniques and results of investigations dealing with agricultural supply functions in agricultural production.

Publication Details

Published: January 1, 1961

Publisher: Iowa State University Press

Location: Ames, IA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/isudp.1961.33

Downloads: 9575

Chapters

0. Introduction
1. Uses and Concepts in Supply Analysis
2. Time-Series Analysis of the Supply of Agricultural Products
3. Regression Analysis of Supply Functions Undergoing Structural Change
4. Evaluation of Time Series as Data for Estimating Supply Parameters
5. Recursive Programming and Supply Prediction
6. Supply Functions Estimated in Demand Studies
7. Determination of Supply Functions from Cost and Production Functions
8. Programming Intra-Farm Normative Supply Functions
9. Budgeting and Engineering Analyses of Normative Supply Functions
10. Surveys and Studies to Estimate Farmers' "Planned" or "Proposed" Supply Response
11. Some Comments on Sampling
12. Interregional Competition or Spatial Equilibrium Models in Farm Supply Analysis
13. Interpretation of Regional and Spatial Models
14. Demand Analysis and Data for Regional and Spatial Models of Adjustment
15. Supply Response and the Feed-Livestock Economy
16. Prospective Uses of Estimated Coefficients and Related Statistics
17. Summary and Conclusions
Index

Citation

Earl O. Heady et al. 1961. Agricultural Supply Functions: Estimating Techniques and Interpretation