Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics Chapter

abstract

• 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. In this article the authors provide a brief overview of the most commonly used quantitative techniques used to study economic phenomena. The first section presents econometric techniques, the second section presents operations research techniques, the third covers computable general equilibrium, and the fourth deals briefly with application of these techniques to address common problems in agricultural economics research. Interested readers should consult the general references provided below.

authors

• Bessler, David
• Mccarl, Bruce
• Wu, Ximing

author list (cited authors)

• Bessler, D. A., McCarl, B. A., Wu, X., & Love, H. A.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Bessler, DA||McCarl, BA||Wu, X||Love, H Alan

Book Title

• Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• 2 Zero Hunger

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/b978-0-444-52512-3.00126-1

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780080931395

start page

• 1

end page

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-52512-3.00126-1

user-defined tag

• 2 Zero Hunger