ANALYSIS OF SITE-SPECIFIC DETERMINANTS OF LOCATION DECISIONS FOR THE U.S. BROILER INDUSTRY

Conjoint analysis is applied to study the attributes affecting the location of a broiler complex. Distance between feed mill and growers, feed cost, and community attitude toward broiler industry are found to be the most important factors influencing the location decision of broiler growing, feed mill, and broiler processing respectively.Agribusiness,

Spatial Dependency of the Geographically Concentrated U.S. Broiler Industry

The study develops a county-level spatial lag model that analyzes factors affecting location and production of the U.S. broiler industry. The spatial lag coefficient was found to be positive and significant in the model indicating spatial dependency of the geographically concentrated U.S. broiler industry within the Southeast.Agribusiness,

Spatial Clustering of the U.S. Biotech Industry

The study develops a county-level spatial tobit model that analyzes factors affecting site-selection of the U.S. biotech industry. The hypothesis of spatial agglomeration economies is confirmed for the spatial structure of the biotech industry, indicating that biotech firms are positively correlated across counties, resulting in clustering of biotech production

ANALYSIS OF SITE-SPECIFIC DETERMINANTS OF LOCATION DECISIONS FOR THE U.S. BROILER INDUSTRY

Conjoint analysis is applied to study the attributes affecting the location of a broiler complex. Distance between feed mill and growers, feed cost, and community attitude toward broiler industry are found to be the most important factors influencing the location decision of broiler growing, feed mill, and broiler processing respectively

A Conjoint Analysis of the U.S. Broiler Complex Location Decision

A national survey of broiler industry executives is conducted to analyze site-specific factors related to the broiler-complex location problem. Conjoint analysis is used to analyze the broiler complex location decision. Feed costs, community attitude toward the broiler industry, availability of geographically concentrated growers, unemployment rates, and wage rates were found to be the top five factors affecting broiler company location decisions. The quality of roads between feed mill and growers; electricity, heating, water, and sewage costs; and the number of potential growers in the region were also found to be important

Spatial Dependency of the Geographically Concentrated U.S. Broiler Industry

The study develops a county-level spatial lag model that analyzes factors affecting location and production of the U.S. broiler industry. The spatial lag coefficient was found to be positive and significant in the model indicating spatial dependency of the geographically concentrated U.S. broiler industry within the Southeast

Choice Models in Policy Analysis

The survey article provides a selected review of studies on econometric choice modeling of different agricultural policy issues. The study discusses how one model is preferred over the other and in what circumstances a particular model should be used