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008 170228s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng c
020 _a9780801452307 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 _aNIC/DLC
_beng
_cNIC
_erda
_dDLC
_dBD-SyAU
082 0 0 _a338.130973
_223
_bTOA
100 1 _aTomek, William G.,
_d1932-
_eauthor.
_94610
245 1 0 _aAgricultural product prices /
_cWilliam G. Tomek, Harry M. Kaiser.
250 _aFifth edition.
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2014.
300 _axii, 394 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 _a"Published continuously since 1972, Agricultural Product Prices has become the standard textbook and reference work for students in agricultural and applied economics, buyers and sellers of commodities, and policymakers, clearly explaining conceptual and empirical models applicable to agricultural product markets. The new fifth edition uses up-to-date information and models to explain the behavior of agricultural product prices. Topics include price differences over market levels (marketing margins), price differences over space (regionally and internationally) and by quality attributes, and price variability with the passage of time (seasonal and cyclical variations, trends, and random behavior). William G. Tomek and Harry M. Kaiser review and adapt microeconomic principles to the characteristics of agricultural commodity markets and then apply these principles to the various dimensions of price behavior. They also provide an in-depth discussion of prices established for futures contracts and their relationship to cash (spot) market prices; cover the influential roles of price discovery institutions, such as auctions and negotiated contracts, and government policies regulating trade and farms; and discuss the specification, use, and evaluation of empirical models of agricultural prices, placing emphasis on the challenges of doing high-quality, useful analyses and interpreting results"--
_cPublisher's Web site.
650 0 _aAgricultural prices
_zUnited States.
_94611
650 0 _aFarm produce
_xPrices
_zUnited States.
_94612
700 1 _aKaiser, Harry Mason,
_eauthor.
_94613
942 _2ddc
_cBK
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_d3165