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Supply and demand for slaughter beef in the U.S. : a disaggregated econometric approach
dc.contributor.advisor | Shumway, C. Richard | |
dc.creator | Ospina, Enrique | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-21T21:09:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-21T21:09:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1978 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-319420 | |
dc.description | Vita. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Analyses of commodity supply and demand functions generally do not evaluate relationships within the components of the commodity. Such aggregative approaches sometimes lead to generalizations with ambiguous conclusions. This is particularly the case in models of the beef industry. Beef is not a homogeneous commodity. The final product presents distinct characteristics determined by production practices and market structure. Consumers perceive rather well-defined quality differences and respond accordingly to changes in prices and income. Producers can choose among alternative feeding regimes, replacement rates, and other practices which affect the product mix. Since at any point in time they must make decisions both about current sales and inventory accumulation for future production, the decision making process is simultaneous and interrelated. Two sets of price parameters are relevant-current prices to which it is believed slaughter supplies respond, and expected future prices which are hypothesized to affect inventory decisions. Previous literature presents a wide range of price supply elasticity estimates. Several studies reveal near zero or even negative response of beef slaughter to price changes. This study hypothesizes positive slaughter beef supply response to product price changes for the components and for the aggregate.. | en |
dc.format.extent | xi, 134 leaves | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | Beef cattle | en |
dc.subject | Economic aspects | en |
dc.subject | Beef | en |
dc.subject | Marketing | en |
dc.subject | Economic forecasting | en |
dc.subject | Mathematical models | en |
dc.subject | Meat industry and trade | en |
dc.subject | Agricultural Economics | en |
dc.subject.classification | 1978 Dissertation O83 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Beef | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Marketing | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | United States | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Beef cattle | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Economic aspects | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | United States | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Meat industry and trade | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | United States | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Economic forecasting | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mathematical models | en |
dc.title | Supply and demand for slaughter beef in the U.S. : a disaggregated econometric approach | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 4555954 |
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