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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778399303321

Titolo

Quantitative methods in agricultural economics, 1940s to 1970s / / George G. Judge, Richard H. Day, S. R. Johnson [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : Published by the University of Minnesota Press for the American Agricultural Economics Association, c1977

ISBN

0-8166-5513-8

1-4356-0632-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (498 pages)

Collana

A Survey of agricultural economics literature

Disciplina

338.1

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - Research

Land use, Rural

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART I. Estimation and Statistical Inference in Economics; Estimation and Statistical Inference in Economics; Discussion of George G. Judge's Estimation and Statistical Inference in Economics; PART II. Economic Optimization in Agricultural and Resource Economics; On Economic Optimization: A Nontechnical Survey; Optimization Models in Agricultural and Resource Economics; Agricultural Production Function Studies; PART III. Systems Analysis and Simulation in Agricultural and Resource Economics

Systems Analysis and Simulation: A Survey of Applications in Agricultural and Resource Economics PART IV. Agricultural Economic Information Systems; Developments in Agricultural Economic Data; Technical Developments in Agricultural Estimates Methodology; Assessment of the Current Agricultural Data Base: An Information System Approach; Rural Economic and Social Statistics; Appendix (Part IV). A Brief Review of the Literature by Subject Category; References (Part IV); Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

This is the second volume in the comprehensive three-volume work A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, published for the American Agricultural Economics Association. The general editor, Lee R. Martin, was a professor of agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota. The work will have wide use for reference, review, or study



by students, agricultural economists, general economists, and other social scientists.