A STUDENT-TO-STUDENT PROGRAM: THE POLICY FAIR

Student participation in such instructional activities as presentations, panel discussions, and projects can be used to stimulate interest and learning. Such activities need not be limiting to a single class. This paper describes potential linkages between selected classes in which students from upper level or graduate classes are used as instructional resources in other classes. The general approach, which is described as a student-to-student program, has been applied in a Policy Fair. The Policy Fair is described and evaluated in this paper. There was a widespread support among faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate for the general concept and this specific application.Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

INTEGRATION OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

Market structure has implication for research policies. The public sector reduced its support for technological change for poultry relative to beef and pork after poultry became integrated. However, market integration causes private sector research to be below the optimal level from society's perspective. In order to get the appropriate response from the private sector, the public sector should not reduce its support for technological change after market integration. Instead, the public sector should increase its support for research such as basic science that complements private sector research.Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

AN ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENT STATION FUNDING DECISIONS

The decision-making process by which academic departments within an experiment station allocate funds among commodities is examined. The decision to conduct research on some commodities and not on others introduces a problem of censored dependent variables. In order to overcome this problem, a simultaneous equations model with selectivity was used; it was applied to data from the Idaho Experiment Station. The results indicated a simultaneous relationship between research funding levels and expected benefits. Marginal products of one dollar in research investment were $53.80 for applied research, and$8.49 for maintenance research.Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

FINANCING STATE AND LOCAL SERVICES IN A CYCLICAL ECONOMY

Public Economics,

EQUILIBRIUM VERSUS DISEQUILIBRIUM IN THE MARKET FOR NON-FED CATTLE

Beef-cow inventory demand is considered in a disequilibrium model of the U.S. live non-fed cattle market. Statistical results indicated the possible presence of disequilibrium prices. However, post-model evaluation indicated that the market for non-fed cattle has not been characterized by significant disequilibrium price behavior.Demand and Price Analysis, Livestock Production/Industries,

IDENTIFICATION OF BONA FIDE FARMERS

Farm Management,