Survey of Agriculture Economics Literature: Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics, 1940'S-1970's

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
PART I. Estimation and Statistical Inference in Economics......Page 24
Estimation and Statistical Inference in Economics......Page 26
The Pre-1940 Period......Page 27
The Decade of the 1940s......Page 29
The Decade of the 1950s......Page 31
The Decade of the 1960s......Page 37
The First Half of the 1970s......Page 48
The Future......Page 55
Concluding Remarks......Page 57
References......Page 58
Discussion of George G. Judge\'s Estimation and Statistical Inference in Economics......Page 73
References......Page 76
PART II. Economic Optimization in Agricultural and Resource Economics......Page 78
On Economic Optimization: A Nontechnical Survey......Page 80
Optimization Models......Page 81
Parametric Programming and Comparative Static Analysis......Page 90
Duality......Page 93
Algorithms......Page 94
Efficiency and Games......Page 97
Decomposition and Coordination......Page 99
Multiple Goals......Page 100
Risk and Uncertainty......Page 101
Dynamic Optimization......Page 103
Recursive Optimization......Page 106
On the Normative Content of Optimizing......Page 107
Concluding Remarks......Page 108
References......Page 109
Optimization Models in Agricultural and Resource Economics......Page 116
Food and Diet......Page 118
Farm and Agribusiness Management......Page 119
Farm Firm Development......Page 123
Production Response......Page 124
Interregional and Spatial Economics......Page 126
Natural Resources......Page 129
Agricultural Development Problems......Page 131
References......Page 135
Agricultural Production Function Studies......Page 151
Aggregate Production Functions......Page 153
Production Functions for Crop Production......Page 154
Production Functions for Animal and Poultry Production......Page 160
Assessment......Page 162
Future Outlook and Research Needs......Page 165
References......Page 167
PART III. Systems Analysis and Simulation in Agricultural and Resource Economics......Page 178
Systems Analysis and Simulation: A Survey of Applications in Agricultural and Resource Economics......Page 180
Historical Perspective......Page 181
Nomenclature......Page 183
Systems Concepts......Page 186
Model Representation......Page 194
Simulation......Page 206
Applications of Systems Analysis and Simulation......Page 226
Critique and Appraisal......Page 260
Tables of General References and Surveys......Page 264
Notes......Page 305
References......Page 306
PART IV. Agricultural Economic Information Systems......Page 328
The Setting for Agricultural Data......Page 330
The Census of Agriculture......Page 335
Survey Methods......Page 337
Current Commodity Statistics......Page 342
Farm Data......Page 350
Production Resources and Costs......Page 356
Marketing......Page 366
Data on Farm-Related Business......Page 370
Food Consumption and Nutrition......Page 371
Natural Resource Economic Data......Page 377
International Data......Page 386
Rural Area Development......Page 389
The Future......Page 393
History of Methodology for Agricultural Statistics before 1940......Page 398
Technical Developments in Agricultural Estimates Methodology, 1940-50......Page 402
Technical Advances in Agricultural Statistical Methodology, 1950-70......Page 406
Crop Yield Estimates and Forecasts......Page 408
Multiple Frame Estimation Theory......Page 409
Future Possibilities for Technological Advances......Page 410
Assessment of the Current Agricultural Data Base: An Information System Approach......Page 411
The Current State of Our Information Systems......Page 412
Data, Analysis, and Information: A Paradigm......Page 420
The Design and Management of Information Systems......Page 424
Conclusion......Page 430
Notes......Page 432
Rural Economic and Social Statistics......Page 433
The Demand for Economic and Social Statistics......Page 435
The Supply of Economic and Social Statistics......Page 438
Suggestions for Improvement of the Statistical System......Page 441
Conclusion......Page 443
Notes......Page 445
Appendix (Part IV). A Brief Review of the Literature by Subject Category......Page 446
Theoretical and Operational Concepts......Page 447
Data Collection Methods......Page 448
Evaluations of Information Systems, Programs, Concepts, and Data......Page 449
Information and Data Needs......Page 450
Explanations and Illustrations of Data Series......Page 451
Foreign Agricultural Economic Information......Page 452
References (Part IV)......Page 453
Epilogue......Page 492