• AgMRC-Developed Materials
  • Can Spot and Contract Markets Co-Exist in Agriculture?, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University - This paper provides a model to study how fundamental economic factors influence the contracting behavior of farmers and processors.
  • Information Sharing and Oligopoly in Agricultural Markets: The Role of Bargaining Associations, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University.
  • Money-Back Guarantees and the Value of Decision Time: An Empirical Analysis, 2005 - This paper provides an empirical estimate of consumers' willingness to pay for return policies of different durations. Using data from California, the authors show significant willingness to pay for longer return periods and higher premiums for purchases through catalogues and the Internet. Guarantees are crucial elements of marketing strategies, and understanding their economics and use is important. It is especially important to design effective guarantee policies to effect adoption of new technologies and to introduce new products. These two elements will be associated with rural development.
  • Observations on Cooperative Bargaining in U.S. Agricultural Markets, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University.
  • Private Sales and Public Information: Does the USDA's National Berry Report Provide Information on the Relationship between the Spot Market and Precommitted Sales?, Agricultural Issues Center, University of California.
• Links to Other Sites
  • Food Processing Center, Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources - A clearinghouse of research reports, case studies and other industry-specific articles and links related to value-added market opportunities.

 
Links checked May 2008.