Working Papers: Agricultural and Resource Economics
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| Number | Title and Author |
| 2007-3 | Sweet Potato Marketing in PNG Highlands by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang and John Spriggs |
| 2007-2 | Use of Geographical Indication for the New England Wine Region in NSW by Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, Gene Campbell and Peter Sniekers |
| 2007-1 | 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 Onby 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 g by Hossein Mehrabi Boshrabadi, Renato Villano and Euan Flemin | |
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 | |
| 2006-6 | 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: |
| 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: |
| 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 |
| A Dynamic Optimisation Model of Weed Control by Randall Jones and Oscar Cacho | |
| 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 |