Agricultural product prices
Tomek, William G.
Agricultural product prices Tomek, William G. - 5th ed. - Ithaca Cornell University Press 2014 - xii, 394 p.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
Part I. Principles of Price Determination
2. Demand for Agricultural Products
3. Demand Elasticities and Related Coefficients
4. Supply Relationships in Agriculture
5. Price Determination: Theory and Practice
Part II. Price Differences and Variability
6. Marketing Margins
7. Price Differences Associated with Quality
8. Spatial Price Relationships
9. Price Variation through Time
10. General Farm–Non-farm Price Relationships
Part III. Pricing Institutions
11. Mechanisms for Discovering Prices
12. Price Relationships on Commodity Futures Markets
13. Functions of Commodity Futures Markets
14. Background for Price Analysis
15. Using and Evaluating Results
16. Applications
Winner of the 1997 Publication of Enduring Quality Award given by the American Agricultural Economics Association
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.
(http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100406880)
9780801452307
Business and economics - Economics - Microeconomics
Business and economics - Industries - Agribusiness
Business and economics - Investments and securities - Commodities
338.130973 / T6A4-2014
Agricultural product prices Tomek, William G. - 5th ed. - Ithaca Cornell University Press 2014 - xii, 394 p.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
Part I. Principles of Price Determination
2. Demand for Agricultural Products
3. Demand Elasticities and Related Coefficients
4. Supply Relationships in Agriculture
5. Price Determination: Theory and Practice
Part II. Price Differences and Variability
6. Marketing Margins
7. Price Differences Associated with Quality
8. Spatial Price Relationships
9. Price Variation through Time
10. General Farm–Non-farm Price Relationships
Part III. Pricing Institutions
11. Mechanisms for Discovering Prices
12. Price Relationships on Commodity Futures Markets
13. Functions of Commodity Futures Markets
14. Background for Price Analysis
15. Using and Evaluating Results
16. Applications
Winner of the 1997 Publication of Enduring Quality Award given by the American Agricultural Economics Association
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.
(http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100406880)
9780801452307
Business and economics - Economics - Microeconomics
Business and economics - Industries - Agribusiness
Business and economics - Investments and securities - Commodities
338.130973 / T6A4-2014