Agricultural Finance

Agricultural Finance
Author: Charles B. Moss
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135923566

This textbook integrates financial economics and management in the area of agricultural finance. The presentation of financial economics discusses how the credit needs of farmer/borrowers are met by depositors through commercial banks. The financial management content presents methods used to make farm financial decisions including farm accounting, capital budgeting, and the analysis of risk. The textbook begins by developing the farm financial market focusing primarily on the market for debt. Next, the textbook presents an overview of accounting concepts important for the credit market. The accounting section provides a detailed discussion of the Farm Financial Standards Council’s suggestions for agricultural financial statements. Following the financial accounting, the book presents the use of ratio analysis applied to the farm firm. Next, the text describes capital budgeting followed by an introduction to risk analysis. Finally, the book presents the effect of debt decisions on the farm firm. In addition to the primary topics, the textbook includes a discussion of agricultural banking and monetary policy and an analysis of the choice of historical cost and market valued accounting methodologies on the farm debt decision.

Experimental Auctions

Experimental Auctions
Author: Jayson L. Lusk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2007-11-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521671248

Economists, psychologists, and marketers are interested in determining the monetary value people place on non-market goods for a variety of reasons: to carry out cost-benefit analysis, to determine the welfare effects of technological innovation or public policy, to forecast new product success, and to understand individual and consumer behavior. Unfortunately, many currently available techniques for eliciting individuals' values suffer from a serious problem in that they involve asking individuals hypothetical questions about intended behavior. Experimental auctions circumvent this problem because they involve individuals exchanging real money for real goods in an active market. This represents a promising means for eliciting non-market values. Lusk and Shogren provide a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of experimental auctions. It will be a valuable resource to graduate students, practitioners and researchers concerned with the design and utilization of experimental auctions in applied economic and marketing research.

Agricultural Policy in Western Europe and the United States

Agricultural Policy in Western Europe and the United States
Author: Ken A. Ingersent
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Agriculture and state
ISBN: 9781840644647

Ingersent (Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade) and Rayner (agricultural economics, U. of Nottingham, UK) discuss the subject in historical sequence and in historical context to enhance understanding of present day policies. They give background to agricultural policy in Western Europe and the United States, trace its history in various phases through the 1980s, discuss international policy adjustment, and look at policy reforms in the 1990s and the prospects for further adjustment. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Market Effects of Crop Support Measures

Market Effects of Crop Support Measures
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2001-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9264195017

This publication compares the market impacts of market price support and several kinds of budgetary direct payments using indicators of economic efficiency and trade distortion.

Adaptation and Resilience

Adaptation and Resilience
Author: Bonnie G. Colby
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-06-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136521925

In America's arid southwest, climate change will occur in the context of already-keen competition for water for agriculture, urban growth, electricity generation, water-based recreation, and environmental protections. This book explores the challenges that climate change and variability pose for water and energy managers and users, communities, and policy makers in the arid Southwest and demonstrates the application of economic methods to address these challenges. It provides valuable tools for both those interested in resource management and climate change, and those seeking to understand how economic methods can be used to analyze contemporary social problems and craft appropriate responses. The book considers both adaptation to long-term climate change and more immediate issues of water and electricity management in the face of inter-annual climate variability and drought. Thus, no matter what one's perspective on long-run climate change projections, the book provides useful lessons for some of the region's most pressing resource management problems.