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The Routledge handbook of agricultural economics /

The Routledge handbook of agricultural economics / edited by Gail L. Cramer, Krishna P. Paudel and Andrew Schmitz. - First edition. - 1 online resource (820 pages) : 207 illustrations. - PM Solutions Research . - Routledge international handbooks. .

part, 1 Food economics -- chapter 1 An introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Economics / chapter 2 Broadening the validity of welfare economics for quantitative public policy analysis / chapter 3 World food -- New developments / chapter 4 Industrial organization of the food industry -- The role of buyer power / chapter 5 Economic ramifications of obesity -- A selective literature review / chapter 6 Behavioral economics in food and agriculture / chapter 7 Product quality and reputation in food and agriculture / chapter 8 Food marketing in the United States / chapter 9 Food from the water – fisheries and aquaculture / chapter 10 The economics of antibiotics use in agriculture / chapter 11 Advancements in the economics of food security / part, 2 Environmental and resource economics -- chapter 12 How does climate change affect agriculture? / chapter 13 Habitat conservation in agricultural landscapes / chapter 14 Water quality trading / chapter 15 Natural capital and ecosystem services / chapter 16 Water management and economics / chapter 17 Water supply and dams in agriculture / part, 3 Trade, policy, and development -- chapter 18 A synopsis of trade theories and their applications / chapter 19 International agricultural trade -- A road map / chapter 20 Use of subsidies and taxes and the reform of agricultural policy / chapter 21 The political economy of agricultural and food policies / chapter 22 Macroeconomic issues in agricultural economics / chapter 23 Models of economic growth -- Application to agriculture and structural transformation / chapter 24 Rural development – theory and practice / part, 4 Methods -- chapter 25 Econometrics for the future / chapter 26 On the evolution of agricultural econometrics / chapter 27 New empirical models in consumer demand / chapter 28 A survey of semiparametric regression methods used in the environmental Kuznets curve analyses / chapter 29 Reconstructing deterministic economic dynamics from volatile time series data / chapter 30 Agricultural development impact evaluation / chapter 31 Estimating production functions / part, 5 Production -- chapter 32 Role of risk and uncertainty in agriculture / chapter 33 Investing in people in the twenty-first century -- Education, health, and migration / chapter 34 The economics of biofuels / chapter 35 Farm management -- Recent applications / chapter 36 Economics of agricultural biotechnology / part, 6 Marketing -- chapter 37 The financial economics of agriculture and farm management / chapter 38 Futures markets and hedging / chapter 39 Cooperative extension system -- Value to society / chapter 40 Theory of cooperatives -- Recent developments / chapter 41 Agribusiness economics and management / Gail L. Cramer -- Richard E. Just Andrew Schmitz -- Shenggen Fan -- Ian Sheldon -- Oral Capps Ariun Ishdorj Senarath Dharmasena Marco A. Palma -- Wen Li David R. Just -- Anthony R. Delmond Jill J. McCluskey Jason A. Winfree -- Stephen Martinez Krishna P. Paudel -- Frank Asche James L. Anderson Taryn M. Garlock -- Jutta Roosen David A. Hennessy -- P. Lynn Kennedy -- Panit Arunanondchai Chengcheng Fei Anthony Fisher Bruce A. McCarl Weiwei Wang Yingqian Yang -- Chad Lawley Charles Towe -- James S. Shortle Aaron Cook -- Marcello Hernández-Blanco Robert Costanza -- Louis Sears C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell -- Biswo N. Poudel Yang Xie David Zilberman -- Stephen Devadoss Jeff Luckstead -- Andrew Schmitz Ian Sheldon -- G. Cornelis Van Kooten David Orden Andrew Schmitz -- Johan Swinnen -- Michael Reed Sayed Saghaian -- Terry L. Roe Munisamy Gopinath -- Thomas G. Johnson J. Matthew Fannin -- Hector O. Zapata R. Carter Hill Thomas B. Fomby -- David A. Bessler Marco A. Palma -- Timothy J. Richards Celine Bonnet -- Krishna P. Paudel Mahesh Pandit -- Ray Huffaker Ernst Berg Maurizio Canavari -- J. Edward Taylor -- Daniela Puggioni Spiro E. Stefanou -- Jean-Paul Chavas -- Wallace E. Huffman -- Farzad Taheripour Hao Cui Wallace E. Tyner -- Patricia Duffy Sam Funk -- David Zilberman Justus Wesseler Andrew Schmitz Ben Gordon -- Charles B. Moss Jaclyn D. Kropp Maria Bampasidou -- T. Randall Fortenbery -- Russell Tronstad Mike Woods -- Michael L. Cook Jasper Grashuis -- Michael Boland Metin Çakır.

This Handbook offers an up-to-date collection of research on agricultural economics. Drawing together scholarship from experts at the top of their profession and from around the world, this collection provides new insights into the area of agricultural economics.The Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Economics explores a broad variety of topics including welfare economics, econometrics, agribusiness, and consumer economics. This wide range reflects the way in which agricultural economics encompasses a large sector of any economy, and the chapters present both an introduction to the subjects as well as the methodology, statistical background, and operations research techniques needed to solve practical economic problems. In addition, food economics is given a special focus in the Handbook due to the recent emphasis on health and feeding the world population a quality diet. Furthermore, through examining these diverse topics, the authors seek to provide some indication of the direction of research in these areas and where future research endeavors may be productive.Acting as a comprehensive, up-to-date, and definitive work of reference, this Handbook will be of use to researchers, faculty, and graduate students looking to deepen their understanding of agricultural economics, agribusiness, and applied economics, and the interrelationship of those areas.

9781315623351

2018007743


Agriculture--Economic aspects.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

HD1415

338.1