THE MARKET AS AN EXPERIMENT: PROBLEMS OF DATA GENERATION

Research Methods/ Statistical Methods,

MONETARY INSTABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Favorable conditions existed for world economic growth during the 1980s and early 1990s. Yet real GDP growth rates for 76 out of 87 countries included in this study decreased during this time, relative to the 1968-80 period. The middle income countries experienced the greatest decline in growth rates, followed by the low income group. Theory and evidence suggest that an increase in the instability of the growth rate of the money supply, largest in the middle income countries and next largest in the low income nations, contributed to this decline.Financial Economics, International Development,

INTERNATIONAL FOOD STAMPS

Food Security and Poverty,

INTERNATIONAL LAND QUALITY INDEXES

Land Economics/Use,

SOURCES OF DIFFERENCES IN RATES OF RETURN TO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BETWEEN COUNTRIES: SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS

Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

ECONOMIC RETURN TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

THE EFFECT OF PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT ON STUDENT ALLOCATION OF TIME AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Labor and Human Capital,

ARE LARGE FARMS MORE EFFICIENT?

Accurate estimates of returns to scale require that inputs and output are measured without error and that environmental and managerial differences among firms of varying sizes are taken into account. Measurement problems affecting estimates of returns to scale in agriculture include: (1) combining the farm dwelling with capital inputs, (2) correlation of environmental and management characteristics with size and (3) the effect of off-farm employment on small farm output and production costs. Estimates of long run average total cost curves for farms in the corn belt reveal that after the above factors are taken into account, estimated scale economies in agriculture disappear, while there is evidence of diseconomies as farm size increases.Farm Management, Productivity Analysis,

THE SOCIAL COST OF A CHEAP FOOD POLICY: THE CASE OF ARGENTINE CORN PRODUCTION

Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,

PUBLICATION PRODUCTIVITIES OF U.S. ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT GRADUATES

Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,