Search Results - "Featherstone, Allen M."

Estimating multiproduct and product‐specific scale economies for agricultural cooperatives by Pokharel, Krishna P., Featherstone, Allen M.

“…This article estimates multiproduct and product‐specific scale economies, scope economies, and cost efficiency with single and annual cost frontiers using a…”
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Economic elasticities of input substitution using data envelopment analysis by Miller, Noah J, Bergtold, Jason S, Featherstone, Allen M

“…The use of elasticities of substitution between inputs is a standard method for addressing the effect of a change in the mix of inputs used for production from…”
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A comparison of parametric and nonparametric estimation methods for cost frontiers and economic measures by Parman, Bryon J., Featherstone, Allen M.

“…This article examines the empirical performance of alternative frontier estimators' ability to replicate a known underlying technology and economic measures…”
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Farmers' Choice of Credit among the Farm Credit System, Commercial Banks, and Nontraditional Lenders by Brewer, Brady E., Bergtold, Jason S., Featherstone, Allen M., Wilson, Christine A.

“…Understanding the factors that affect a farmer's credit source is useful for lending institutions to more effectively target customers and provides insight…”
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The value of social capital in farmland leasing relationships by Taylor, Mykel R., Featherstone, Allen M.

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of social capital on the rate at which agricultural land is rented between landowners and…”
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Does crop insurance attenuate farm financial risk? by Regmi, Madhav, Featherstone, Allen M., Tack, Jesse

“…PurposeFederally subsidized crop insurance aims to mitigate farm risks of crop producers. A body of literature has examined informational problems under this…”
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The Farm Economy: Future Research and Education Priorities by Featherstone, Allen M

“…Research priorities for the U.S. farm economy include increasing the productivity and cost efficiency on current land resources while understanding production…”
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How different types of government payments and the elimination of direct payments affect farm productivity? Evidence from Kansas crop farms by Skevas, Theodoros, Taylor, Mykel R., Featherstone, Allen M.

“…The relationship between total factor productivity (TFP) and different types of government payments is examined using data on Kansas crop farms over the period…”
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Competition, performance and financial stability in US agricultural banking by Regmi, Madhav, Featherstone, Allen M

“…PurposeThe number of US commercial banks has declined by about 50% over the last two decades. This change could lead to a potential decline in competition and…”
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The Impact of Size and Specialization on the Financial Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives by Pokharel, Krishna Prasad, Archer, David W, Featherstone, Allen M

“…•Profit margin ratio has a positive (negative) impact on the mean (variance) of return on equity for agricultural cooperatives.•Diversified cooperatives have…”
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Multiple vs single lending relationships in the agricultural sector by Brewer, Brady E, Wilson, Christine A, Featherstone, Allen M, Langemeier, Michael R

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of single vs multiple lenders by Kansas farms. Previous studies suggest that as the risk level of the…”
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Weather Impacts the Agricultural Production Efficiency of Wheat: The Importance of Precipitation Shocks by Chen, Bowen, Dennis, Elliott J, Featherstone, Allen M

“…Many studies have explored the determinants of technical efficiency in crop production, but fewer have examined how weather might change technical efficiency…”
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Effects of crop insurance on farm input use: Evidence from Kansas farm data by Regmi, Madhav, Briggeman, Brian C., Featherstone, Allen M.

“…Crop insurance has been linked to changes in farm production decisions. In this study, we examine the effects of crop insurance participation and coverage on…”
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Are Kansas farms profit maximizers? A stochastic additive error approach by Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe, Featherstone, Allen M., Langemeier, Michael R.

“…Profit maximization is widely assumed as a behavioral objective in agricultural economics research. This paper applies deterministic and stochastic tests to…”
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Big Banks versus Agricultural Banks: Has Too‐Big‐To‐Fail Regulation Affected Efficiency and Scale Economies Measures? by Regmi, Madhav, Featherstone, Allen M., Cowley, Cortney A., Taylor, Mykel R.

“…The Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 aimed to improve the financial stability of the banking industry. This reform was…”
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Effects of credit constraints on household productivity in rural China by Dong, Fengxia, Lu, Jing, Featherstone, Allen M.

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of credit constraints on agricultural productivity in China.Design methodology approach - Using…”
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Inferences from logistic regression models in the presence of small samples, rare events, nonlinearity, and multicollinearity with observational data by Bergtold, Jason S., Yeager, Elizabeth A., Featherstone, Allen M.

“…The logistic regression model has been widely used in the social and natural sciences and results from studies using this model can have significant policy…”
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Market Consolidation and Productivity Growth in U.S. Wireline Telecommunications: Stochastic Frontier Analysis vs. Malmquist Index by Seo, Daigyo, Featherstone, Allen M., Weisman, Dennis L., Gao, Yuan

“…This study analyzes the merger effects for 25 Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers over the period 1996-2005 using stochastic frontier analysis with a timevarying…”
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Examining the financial performance of agricultural cooperatives in the USA by Pokharel, Krishna Prasad, Regmi, Madhav, Featherstone, Allen M, Archer, David W

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify financial stress and the causes of financial stress for agricultural cooperatives and provide management…”
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Estimating the effect of monopsony power on elasticity estimates by Yamaura, Koichi, Featherstone, Allen M.

“…Love and Shumway (1994) developed a nonparametric deterministic test for monopsony market power using a normalized quadratic restricted cost function with one…”
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