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The economics of agricultural prices : Peter G. Helmberger and Jean-Paul Chavas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Prentice Hall, 1996.ISBN:
  • 0133726401
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.13 20
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Production Under Uncertainty -- Ch. 3. Coping with Risk: Financial Transactions, Diversification, and Hedging -- Ch. 4. Farm Output and Input Pricing -- Ch. 5. Farm-level Demand -- Ch. 6. The Theory of Commodity Storage and Pricing -- Ch. 7. Measuring Welfare Effects -- Ch. 8. Industrial Organization of Agricultural Markets -- Ch. 9. Analysis of Farm Programs: Part I -- Ch. 10. Analysis of Farm Programs: Part II -- Appendix A: Comparative Static Analysis -- Appendix B: Production Decisions in an Uncertain World -- Appendix C: Farm Output and Input Pricing -- Appendix D: Spatial Equilibrium Analysis -- Appendix E: Welfare Analysis.
Summary: This book has been widely applauded for its breadth and depth of coverage encouraging readers to develop a holistic view of agriculture that cuts across production, marketing, and policy. Appropriate for upper-division readers having a calculus and microeconomics theory background, economists will also find this book a useful resource when dealing with risk, storage, and farm policy. Readers will think like economists through the use of real-world observations incorporated within the chapters. They will adapt basic tools learned in courses in economic theory and mathematics as they are gaining experience in using real-world examples to solve problems.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Production Under Uncertainty -- Ch. 3. Coping with Risk: Financial Transactions, Diversification, and Hedging -- Ch. 4. Farm Output and Input Pricing -- Ch. 5. Farm-level Demand -- Ch. 6. The Theory of Commodity Storage and Pricing -- Ch. 7. Measuring Welfare Effects -- Ch. 8. Industrial Organization of Agricultural Markets -- Ch. 9. Analysis of Farm Programs: Part I -- Ch. 10. Analysis of Farm Programs: Part II -- Appendix A: Comparative Static Analysis -- Appendix B: Production Decisions in an Uncertain World -- Appendix C: Farm Output and Input Pricing -- Appendix D: Spatial Equilibrium Analysis -- Appendix E: Welfare Analysis.

This book has been widely applauded for its breadth and depth of coverage encouraging readers to develop a holistic view of agriculture that cuts across production, marketing, and policy. Appropriate for upper-division readers having a calculus and microeconomics theory background, economists will also find this book a useful resource when dealing with risk, storage, and farm policy. Readers will think like economists through the use of real-world observations incorporated within the chapters. They will adapt basic tools learned in courses in economic theory and mathematics as they are gaining experience in using real-world examples to solve problems.