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Cross Product Censoring in a Demand System with Limited Dependent Variables: A Multivariate Probit Model Approach
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The most challenging problem in cross sectional demand analyses is to deal with zero expenditure because OLS estimates tend to be biased towards zero in a regression model where a large proportion of the dependent variable is zero. The problem arises as households participating in the survey do...
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Dollars or Cents: Impacts of Rescaling Data on a Mixed Logit Model with Normally and Lognormally Distributed Coefficients
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It is a common practice to rescale data to assist the model estimation process. This paper describes a case where care is called upon when interpreting the results after rescaling. The case is shown as associated with the lognormally distributed coefficient in a mixed logit model. Implications of...
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Economic Analysis of Vegetative Buffer Zone Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) for a Mixed Farm Operation in the Lower Little Bow Watershed
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Jeffrey, Scott, Yang, Jun, Unterschultz, Jim, Koeckhoven, Steve
Vegetative buffers, if established around riparian areas, represent a type of beneficial management practice (BMP) that provide ecological goods and services in the form of improved water quality, improve wildlife/waterfowl habitat, etc. Establishing these buffers result in reduced area for...
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2003
The assessment of progress towards sustainability through the use of indicators has been the focus of many forest management and environmental agencies worldwide. Many countries have developed and report on their own set of \"Criteria and Indicators\" (C&I) and forest certification schemes almost...
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1998
Jeffrey, Scott, Richards, Timothy J.
Dairy production at the farm-level is undergoing a rapid transformation in preparation for more open competition in the future. However, the means by which dairy farms can best improve their economic performance is of some question. Using measures of allocative, technical, and overall efficiency...
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1992
Percy, Mike, Sandhu, Gurmit S., Phillips, William E.
This study develops a model to analyze the changes in the Canadian agricultural production sectors over the period 1926 to 1988. Economic analysis is focused on the estimation of certain parameters including elasticities, scale effects of production and biases in technical change. Aggregate...
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Empirical Approaches to the Valuation of Small Wildlife Resources in Communal Areas in Zimbabwe
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Graham, Laura, Muir-Leresche, Kay, Phillips, William E.
This research was conducted in 1994 under the auspices of the \"Value of Trees\" project. This five year project is funded by the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. It is a joint project between the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and the University of Zimbabwe,...
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Empirical Investigation of Flexible Pricing and Payment Alternatives on Canadian Wheat Board Pooling for Wheat
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Akabua, Kojo M., Unterschultz, Jim, Brooks, Harvey
The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) has a mandate to serve farm managers in Western Canada by marketing their wheat, durum and barley for export and for domestic human consumption. Currently, under the CWB Act, the CWB operates a pooling system whereby producers deliver grain during the crop year and...
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1995
Adamowicz, Wiktor, Armstrong, Glen W., Novak, Frank
One of the guiding themes for forest management policy throughout much of North America is sustained yield. The basic premise behind this theme is that a constant or non-declining flow of services from the forest is socially desirable. Unfortunately, the act of capturing the benefits of this...