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Agricultural and Resource Economics

(1999-2007)

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Sweet Potato Marketing in PNG Highlands by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang and John Spriggs

Use of Geographical Indication for the New England Wine Region in NSW by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, Gene Campbell and Peter Sniekers

Comparative study of consumer perceptions of organic food in Taiwan and Australia by Hui-Shung Chang, Sherrie Wei, Feng Heng Wei and Ching-Chun Shih

The John L. Dillon Memorial Lecture 2006: Shades of John L. Dillon's 1984 Grace Lecture, University of Alberta , ÎTechnology versus Hunger: Problems and Prospects'; Reflections Two Decades On by by Jock R Anderson

Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Varietal Differences in Pistachio Production in Iran Using a Meta-Frontier Analysis by Hossein Mehrabi Boshrabadi, Renato Villano and Euan Fleming

Production Relations and Technical Inefficiency in Pistachio Production Systems in Kerman Province of Iran by Hossein Mehrabi Boshrabadi, Renato Villano and Euan Fleming

Weed Invasions in Natural Environments: Toward a Framework for Estimating the Cost of Changes in the Output of Ecosystem Services by Susan M Hester, Jack A Sinden and Oscar J Cacho

Technical Efficiency and Environmental-Technological Gaps in Wheat Production in Kerman Province of Iran: A Meta-Frontier Analysis by Hossein Mehrabi Boshrabadi, Renato Villano and Euan Fleming

An Analysis of the Philippine Chicken Industry: Commercial versus Backyard by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang

A Bio-Economic Model of a Northern Tablelands Cattle Grazing Enterprise. III. Alternative Optimisation Procedures by Andrew R. Alford, Oscar J. Cacho and Garry R. Griffith

A Bio-Economic Model of a Northern Tablelands Cattle Grazing Enterprise. II. Application to Evaluation of the Net Feed Efficiency Technology by Andrew R. Alford, Oscar J. Cacho and Garry R. Griffith

A Bio-Economic Model of a Northern Tablelands Cattle Grazing Enterprise. I. Specification and Validation of the Model by Andrew R. Alford, Oscar J. Cacho and Garry R. Griffith

Increasing the Economic Benefits from Agricultural Research: The Relative Roles of Improved Potential Productivity or Enhanced Adoption by G.R. Griffith and D.T.Vere

Profiling the Philippine duck farmers: results from a farm survey by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang

Changes in Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity on Farms in the Farm Monitor Project in South West Victoria, 1994/1995 to 2003/2004 by Renato Villano, Euan Fleming, Terence Farrell and Pauline Fleming

Reviving the Concept of Single Factoral Terms of Trade for Analysing Australian Agricultural Production: A Note by Euan Fleming

Assessing Food Security: Concepts and Global Significance by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang

Duck Marketing in the Philippines: Issues and Opportunities by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, Nenita L. de Castro, and Ma. Luz L. Malabayabas

Assessing AWB's Market Power in the Export Market by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, William Martel and Robert Berry

Overview of the World Broiler Industry: Implications for The Philippines by Hui-Shun (Christie) Chang

The FMD Outbreak in the Taiwanese Pig Industry and the Demand for Beef Imports into Taiwan by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, Chung-Jen Hsia and Garry Griffith

Valuing the Environmental Gains from Control of 35 Weeds in Australia: Using Ecological Arguments to Choose Economic Values by J.A. Sinden and G.R. Griffith

Invasive Species in Aquatic Ecosystems: Economics and Matrix Population Models by Oscar Cacho

2005-4

The Relative Payoffs from R&D and Generic Advertising Expenditure by the Australian Pig Industry by S.W. Mounter, G.R. Griffith, R.R. Piggott and J.D. Mullen

2005-3

Economic Surplus Measurement in Multi-Market Models by Xueyan Zhao, John Mullen and Garry Griffith

2005-2

Agricultural Risk Analysis in the Fars Province of Iran:
A Risk-Programming Approach
by Ahmad Ali Kehkha , Gholamreza Soltani Mohammadi, and Renato Villano

2005-1

An Investigation of Production Risk, Risk Preferences and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Rainfed Lowland Rice Farms in the Philippines by Renato A. Villano, Christopher J. O'Donnell and George E. Battese

2004-15

Analysis of Technical Efficiency in a Rainfed Lowland Rice Environment in Central Luzon Philippines Using a Stochastic Frontier Production Function with a Heteroskedastic Error Structure by Renato Villano and Euan Fleming

2004-14

Weed Invasions: To Control or not to Control? by Oscar J. Cacho, Russell M. Wise, Susan M. Hester and Jack A. Sinden

2004-13

Estimation of a Multi-Input Multi-Output Model of Lot-Fed Beef Cattle in Australia by Pauline Fleming, Euan Fleming, Garry Griffith and David Johnston

2004-12

Cross-Sector Comparisons of Poultry Production in The Philippines by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang

2004-11

Weed Search and Control: Theory and Application by Oscar Cacho, Daniel Spring, Paul Pheloung, and Susan Hester

2004-10

An Analysis of Scope Economies and Specialisation Efficiencies among Thai Shrimp and Rice Smallholders by Tham Mekhora and Euan Fleming

2004-9

Issues and Research Needs of the Australian Organic Food Products Market by Hui-Shung Chang, Garry Griffith and Lydia Zepeda

2004-8

Selling Australia as 'Clean and Green' by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang and Paul Kristiansen

2004-7

Labelling Issues of Organic and GM Foods in Australia by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang

2004-6

Demand for Organic Food: Focus Group Discussions in Armidale, NSW by Hui-Shung Chang and Lydia Zepeda

2004-5

Measuring the Impact of Staple Strength-Enhancing Technologies on Australian Wool Producer Profits: A Duality-Based Approach by Deborah Templeton, Garry Griffith, Roley Piggott and Chris O'Donnell

2004-4

Eradication of Exotic Weeds in Australia: Comparing Effort and Expenditure by Susan M. Hester, Doreen I.S. Odom, Oscar J. Cacho, and Jack A. Sinden

2004-3

The Payoff from Generic Advertising by the Australian Pig Industry in the Presence of Trade by S. W. Mounter, G.R. Griffith and R.R. Piggott

2004-2

The Distribution of Gains from Cattle Development in a Multi-Stage Production System: The Case of the Bali Beef Industry by I Gusti Agung Ayu Ambarawati, Xueyan Zhao, Garry Griffith and Roley Piggott

2004-1

The Philippine Duck Industry: Issues And Research Needs by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang and Clarita T. Dagaas

2003-11 Integrating Econometric Models Of Australia's Livestock Industries: Implications For Forecasting And Other Economic Analyses by D.T. Vere and G.R. Griffith
2003-10 An Overview of the Organic Food Products Market in Australia by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, Garry Griffith and Lydia Zepeda
2003-9 Influence Of Conservation Of Native Vegetation On Land Values In Moree Plains Shire, NSW by J A Sinden
2003-8 Export Performance in South Pacific Countries Marginally Endowed with Natural Resources: Samoa and Tonga, 1960 to 1999 by Euan Fleming and Anita Blowes
2003-7 Export Performance in South Pacific Countries Comparatively Well Endowed with Natural Resources: Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, 1960 to 1999 by Euan Fleming and Anita Blowes
2003-6 Export Performance in Papua New Guinea, 1960 to 1999 by Euan Fleming and Anita Blowes
2003-5 Export Performance in Fiji, 1960 to 1999 by Euan Fleming and Anita Blowes
2003-4 Export Performance in South Pacific Countries with Inadequate Endowments of Natural Resources: Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue and Tuvalu, 1960 to 1999 by Euan Fleming and Anita Blowes
2003-3 An Assessment of Commodity Export Performance in South Pacific Countries, 1960 to 1999 by Euan Fleming and Anita Blowes
2003-2

Who pays to protect native vegetation? Costs to farmers in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales by J A Sinden

2003-1

Stochastic efficiency analysis with risk aversion bounds: a simplified approach by J. Brian Hardaker and Gudbrand Lien

2002-1

Explaining market and enterprise structures in the food marketing chain by J.J. Nightingale, R.R. Piggott and G.R. Griffith

2001-6

Rural livelihood strategies and social capital in Latin America: Implications for rural development projects by Paul Winters, Leonardo Corral and Gustavo Gordillo

2001-5

Demand for Wine in Australia:Systems versus Single Equation Approach by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang and Nicholas Bettington

2001-4

The Demand for Beef in Indonesia: Implications for Australian Agribusiness by Maradoli Hutasuhut, Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, Garry Griffith, Chris O'Donnell and Howard Doran

2001-3

Disaggregating Mexican migrant networks: The parts are greater than the whole by Benjamin Davis, Guy Stecklov and Paul Winters

2001-2

Management Options for the Inland Fisheries Resource in South Sumatra, Indonesia: I Bioeconomic Model by Sonny Koeshendrajana and Oscar Cacho

2001-1

Assets, activities and income generation in rural Mexico: Factoring in social and public capital by Paul Winters, Benjamin Davis and Leonardo Corral

2000-10

A Cointegration Analysis of Wool Prices by Hui Shung (Christie) Chang

2000-9

An Econometric Analysis of the Competitive Position of Australia Cotton in the Japanese Market by Hui Shung (Christie) Chang

2000-8

A Positivist Approach to Pigouvian Taxes Based on an Evolutionary Algorithm by Phil Simmons and Oscar Cacho

2000-7

Gender, Networks and Mexico-U.S. Migration by Benjamin Davis and Paul Winters

2000-6

What Price for the Right to Go a-Droving? A Derived Demand Approach by Fatmata John, Oscar Cacho and Graham Marshall

2000-5

Localized and Incomplete Mutual Insurance by Rinku Murgai, Paul Winters, Elisabeth Sadoulet and Alain de Janvry

2000-4

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean by Leonardo Corral, Paul Winters and Gustavo Gordillo

2000-3

Some Issues in Dealing with Risk in Agriculture by Brian Hardaker

2000-2

Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of Cooperative Dairy Plants in Haryana and Punjab by Satbir Singh, Euan Fleming and Tim Coelli

2000-1

A Dynamic Optimisation Model of Weed Control by Randall Jones and Oscar Cacho

99-14

Management strategies for Indonesian small-holder rubber production in South Sumatra: a bioeconomic analysis by Ririn Purnamasari, Oscar Cacho and Phil Simmons

99-13

Optimal management of giant-clam farming in Solomon Islands by Robyn L. Hean and Oscar J. Cacho

99-12

Family and Community Networks in Mexico-U.S. Migration by Paul Winters, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

99-11

Imposing Regularity Conditions on a System of Cost and Factor Share Equations by William E. Griffiths, Christopher J. O'Donnell and Agustina Tan Cruz

99-10

Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage of Tree Crop Smallholdings in Papua New Guinea by Chinna A. Kannapiran and Euan M. Fleming

99-9

Predicting Output from Seemingly Unrelated Area and Yield Equations by William Griffiths, Graeme Thomson and Tim Coelli

99-8

Profitability of Incremental Generic Promotion Expenditure by Australian Dairy Farmers by D. J. Hill, R. R. Piggott and G. R. Griffith

99-7

Valuing Agroforestry in the Presence of Land Degradation by Oscar J. Cacho

99-6

Economic Impacts of Regulations to Preserve Native Woodland on Private Property: A Case Study in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales by Robert R. Scott and J. A. Sinden

99-5

Economic Impacts of Noxious Weeds, other Weeds and Tree Growth on Agricultural Production in the New England Tablelands, New South Wales by J. Townsend and J. A. Sinden

99-4

Dynamic Models, Externalities and Sustainability in Agriculture, by Oscar J. Cacho

99-3

An Economic Analysis of Farm Forestry as a Means of Controlling Soil Salinisation (Revised), by O. J. Cacho, R. Greiner and L. Fulloon

99-2

A Unified Approach to Sensitivity Analysis in Equilibrium Displacement Models: Comment by William Griffiths and Xueyan Zhao

99-1

Does Separation Theorem explain why farmers have so little interest in futures markets? by Phil Simmons