LIBROS DEL AUTOR: julian m alston

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  • The Effects of Farm and Food Policy on Obesity in the United States
    Abigail M. Okrent / Julian M. Alston
    This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future roles of policies such as farm subsidies, public agricultural R&D, food assistance pro...
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    193,12 €

  • Persistence Pays
    Jennifer S. James / Julian M. Alston / Matthew A. Andersen
    CONTEXT.- A Brief History of U.S. Agriculture.- INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND PRODUCTIVITY.- Agricultural Inputs.- Agricultural Outputs.- Agricultural Productivity Patterns.- AGRICULTURAL R&D FUNDING AND POLICIES.- Research Funding and Performance.- The Federal Role.- MODELS OF R&D AND PRODUCTIVITY.- Research Lags and Spillovers.- Models of Research and Productivity.- Econometric Estimat...
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    427,86 €

  • Persistence Pays
    Jennifer S. James / Julian M. Alston / Matthew A. Andersen
    gricultural science policy in the United States has profoundly affected the growth and development of agriculture worldwide, not just in the A United States. Over the past 150 years, and especially over the second th half of the 20 Century, public investments in agricultural R&D in the United States grew faster than the value of agricultural production. Public spending on agric...
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    266,66 €