1st Edition
Costs And Returns For Agricultural Commodities Advances In Concepts And Measurement
By Mary Ahearn
Copyright 1992
414 Pages
by
CRC Press
414 Pages
by
CRC Press
414 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Policymakers, farmers, managers of agriculture and others look to agricultural economists for accurate estimates of the costs and returns of individual agricultural commodities. But there is great diversity and disagreement among practitioners about the best method for such analysis. The contributors to this volume explore how different uses of estimates determine different methods of estimation, as well as evaluating what the preferred methods are for similar uses.
PART ONE Contemporary Issues in Measuring Commodity Costs and Returns PART TWO Alternatives for Measuring Costs and Theoretical Considerations, PART THREE Comparability of Predominant Methods PART FOUR Treatment of the Effects of Government Programs, PART FIVE Estimating Costs of Land and Water Services PART SIX Estimating Costs of Non-Human Capital Services PART SEVEN Estimating Costs of Human Capital Services, PART EIGHT The Future of Commodity Costs and Returns Estimation
Biography
Mary Ahearn (Author) , Utpal Vasavada (Author)
