Agricultural product prices /
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| Author / Creator: | Tomek, William G., 1932- |
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| Edition: | 2d ed. |
| Imprint: | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1981. |
| Description: | 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/427260 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1.. Introduction
- Part I.. Principles of Price Determination
- 2.. Demand for Agricultural Products
- 3.. Demand Elasticities and Related Coefficients
- 4.. Supply Relationships in Agriculture
- Appendix. Product Prices, Factor Prices, and Factor Use
- 5.. Price Determination: Theory and Practice
- Appendix. Price Discrimination
- Part II.. Price Differences and Variability
- 6.. Marketing Margins
- Appendix. Marketing Margin Model
- 7.. Price Differences Associated with Quality
- 8.. Spatial Price Relationships
- Appendix. A Simple Spatial Equilibrium Model
- 9.. Price Variation through Time
- Appendix I. Simple Seasonal Model
- Appendix II. An Elementary Cobweb Model
- 10.. General Farm-Nonfarm Price Relationships
- Appendix. Price Indexes
- Part III.. Pricing Institutions
- 11.. Mechanisms for Discovering Prices
- Appendix. Tariffs and Prices
- 12.. Price Relationships on Commodity Futures Markets
- 13.. Functions of Commodity Futures Markets
- Appendix. Optimal Hedges
- Part IV.. Introduction to Empirical Price Analysis
- 14.. Background for Price Analysis
- Appendix. Modeling the Variance of Prices
- 15.. Using and Evaluating Results
- Appendix. Appraising Turning-Point Errors
- 16.. Applications
- Author Index
- Subject Index