Thesis (M.S.)--Purdue University, 2004.
Current account determination in the intertemporal framework : an empirical analysis / (1995)
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Current account determination in the intertemporal framework : an empirical analysis / (1995)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Iowa State University, 1995.
Adjustments in Demand during Lithuania's Economic Transition
Ferdaus Hossain, Helen H. Jensen
Significant economic changes have occurred in Lithuania since 1992. Major market reforms were introduced through phased liberalization of producer and consumer prices. In this study, panel data from...
Investigation of Equivalent Scale in Demand Using Latvia's Household Budget Survey
Ferdaus Hossain, Helen H. Jensen
This study uses data from the 1991 Latvian household budget survey to evaluate one aspect of economic decision making of households: how income is allocated for consumption of various broad...
Minimum Market Access Under the GATT
Ferdaus Hossain, Helen H. Jensen
A major objective of the Uruguay Round negotiation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is to bring agricultural commodities under general GATT rules and disciplines. The United...
Food Expenditures in Latvia: Analysis from the First Year of Reform
Ferdaus Hossain, Helen H. Jensen
The 1991 Latvia household budget survey provided data for establishing basic information about food consumption levels and patterns in Latvia during the first year of major economic reforms. This...
Special Safeguard Mechanisms for the Agricultural Sector: The GATT Negotiations
Ferdaus Hossain, Zuhair A. Hassan, Helen H. Jensen
The Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations is deadlocked on the issue of agricultural policy reform. Although broad consensus has been reached regarding...
Ferdaus Hossain, Ruchi Jain, Ramu Govindasamy
This study integrates production and financing to examine the impacts of financial structure change on the production, profitability, and productivity growth in the U.S. food manufacturing industry....
Income of Farmers Who Use Direct Marketing
Ramu Govindasamy, Ferdaus Hossain, Adesoji Adelaja
Policy makers are looking for ways to preserve farmlands, especially near urban areas. Farmers are also trying to find ways to increase their farm income by incorporating non-traditional activities...
Lithuania's Food Demand During Economic Transition
Hossain, Ferdaus, Jensen, Helen H.
The linear approximate version of the almost ideal demand system (LA-AIDS) model is estimated using data from the Lithuanian household budget survey (HBS) covering the period from July 1992 to...
Lithuania's Food Demand During Economic Transition
Ferdaus Hossain, Helen H. Jensen
In this study, the linear approximate version of the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model is estimated using data from the Lithuanian household budget survey covering the period from July 1992 to...
MARKET STRUCTURE AND INNOVATION IN AG-BIOTECHNOLOGY
Pray, Carl, Bhuyan, Sanjib, Hossain, Ferdaus, Naseem, Anwar
The objective of this paper is to make a contribution to a debated issue in industrial organization that of the relationship between market structure and innovation. We place this topic within a...
Impact of Biotechnology on Plant Breeding
Hock, Cricket, Naseem, Anwar, Hossain, Ferdaus, Pray, Carl
The application of modern biotechnology to plant breeding is considered to be more efficient and quicker than conventional breeding techniques in the development of new and more resilient crop...
Financial Structure, Production and Productivity Growth in U.S. Food Manufacturing Industry
This paper examines the effects of financial decsion on production, input demands, profitability, and productivityis in U.S. food manufacturing industry. Empirical results shows that output supply,...
SCOPE AND SCALE ECONOMIES FOR MULTI-PRODUCT FARMS: FIRM-LEVEL PANEL DATA ANALYSIS
Mafoua, Edouard K., Hossain, Ferdaus
This study used the flexible fixed cost quadratic function to analyze the cost structure of multi-product farms using farm-level panel data. The robustness of estimated parameters are examined using...
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Public debate on biotechnology is embroiled in controversy over the risks and benefits associated with this emerging technology. Using data from a national survey, this study analyzes public...
UNCOVERING FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Significant divergence exists in public opinions about biotechnology. Although there is broad support for plant biotechnology for health benefits, opinions differ on the issue of animal genetics for...
CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY: WILLINGNESS TO BUY GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCTS
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Biotechnology is often viewed as the defining technology for the future of food and agriculture with the potential to deliver a wide range of economic and health benefits. Public acceptance of...
Adelaja, Adesoji O., Hossain, Ferdaus
Consumer/Household Economics,
Hossain, Ferdaus, Adelaja, Adesoji O.
Changes in consumer demographic composition, information technology, labor force participation, and time demands of the workplace have created demand as well as opportunities for the food retailing...
Onyango, Benjamin, Hossain, Ferdaus, Hallman, William, Schilling, Brian, Adelaja, Adesoji
Consumer/Household Economics,
CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY: EVIDENCE FROM A SURVEY OF U.S. CONSUMERS
Schilling, Brian J., Hallman, William, Hossain, Ferdaus, Adelaja, Adesoji O.
This paper is a descriptive study of consumersÂ’' self-reported knowledge, assumptions, and acceptance of genetically modified foods in the U.S. These findings are based on a national survey of...
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS AND CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO BUY GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
This study analyzes U.S. consumersÂ’' acceptance of genetically modified foods within the ordered-probit-model framework. The willingness to consumer three difference GM foods is modeled in terms...
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Public debate on biotechnology is embroiled in controversy over the risks and benefits associated with this emerging technology. Using data from a national survey, this study analyzes public...
INCOME OF FARMERS WHO USE DIRECT MARKETING
Govindasamy, Ramu, Hossain, Ferdaus, Adelaja, Adesoji
Policy makers are looking for ways to preserve farmlands, especially near urban areas. Farmers are also trying to find ways to increase their farm income by incorporating non-traditional activities...