Search Results - "Lence, Sergio H."

Rye as an Energy Cover Crop: Management, Forage Quality, and Revenue Opportunities for Feed and Bioenergy by Herbstritt, Steph, Richard, Tom L., Lence, Sergio H., Wu, Huaiqing, O’Brien, Peter L., Emmett, Bryan D., Kaspar, Tom C., Karlen, Douglas L., Kohler, Keith, Malone, Robert W.

“…Harvesting a winter rye energy cover crop (Secale cereale L.) could help sustain growing food and energy demand, provide new revenue streams, and enhance…”
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When does voluntary coordination work? Evidence from area‐wide pest management by Lence, Sergio H., Singerman, Ariel

“…We introduce the “coordination frontier” (CF), a simple practical tool to assess the likelihood of success of voluntary coordination in situations where, ex…”
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Collective Marketing Arrangements for Geographically Differentiated Agricultural Products: Welfare Impacts and Policy Implications by Lence, Sergio H., Marette, Stéphan, Hayes, Dermot J., Foster, William

“…We examine the incentives of atomistic producers to differentiate and collectively market products. We analyze market and welfare effects of alternative…”
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A Parametric Estimation of Total Factor Productivity and Its Components in U.S. Agriculture by Plastina, Alejandro, Lence, Sergio H.

“…The present study aims at improving our understanding of the individual contribution of the components of total factor productivity (TFP) change to U.S…”
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The source of uncertainty influences technology adoption by Singerman, Ariel, Lence, Sergio H

“…Abstract We shed light on Florida citrus growers’ decisions regarding their adoption of scientifically untested antibiotic sprays over insecticide spray…”
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Is Area-Wide Pest Management Useful? The Case of Citrus Greening by Singerman, Ariel, Lence, Sergio H., Useche, Pilar

“…Citrus greening currently poses a severe threat to citrus production worldwide because no treatment or management strategy is yet available to cure the…”
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Theoretical Production Restrictions and Agricultural Technology in the United States by Plastina, Alejandro, Lence, Sergio H

“…Abstract Agricultural production studies are usually conducted using classical econometrics that make it difficult, if not impossible, to impose conditions…”
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How Reliable is Duality Theory in Empirical Work? by Rosas, Francisco, Lence, Sergio H

“…Abstract The Neoclassical theory of production establishes a dual relationship between the profit value function of a competitive firm and its underlying…”
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Revenue Protection for Organic Producers: Too Much or Too Little? by Singerman, Ariel, Hart, Chad E., Lence, Sergio H.

“…A framework is developed to examine organic crop insurance established by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). Given that the RMA links organic and conventional…”
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How weather affects the decomposition of total factor productivity in U.S. agriculture by Plastina, Alejandro, Lence, Sergio H., Ortiz‐Bobea, Ariel

“…This study illustrates and quantifies how overlooking the impact of weather shocks can affect the measurement and decomposition of agricultural total factor…”
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Modeling the Market and Welfare Effects of Mexico's "Agriculture by Contract" Program by Lence, Sergio H.

“…"Agriculture by contract" (A × C) is the main Mexican government program aimed at mitigating price risks for agricultural producers in Mexico. A × C has unique…”
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Threshold cointegration and spatial price transmission when expectations matter by Lence, Sergio H., Moschini, GianCarlo, Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano

“…We examine the performance of the threshold cointegration approach, specifically Band‐TVECM, to price transmission analysis in an explicit context where trade…”
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Farmland Prices: Is This Time Different? by Lence, Sergio H.

“…The historical behavior of farmland prices, rental rates, and rates of return are examined by treating farmland as an asset with an infinitely long life. It is…”
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Duality theory in empirical work, revisited by Rosas, Francisco, Lence, Sergio H

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Crop yield responses to prices: a Bayesian approach to blend experimental and market data by Rosas, Francisco, Lence, Sergio H, Hayes, Dermot J

“…We estimate yield-price elasticities by blending information from market-based datasets with experimental production data using a Bayesian procedure…”
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Joint Estimation of Risk Preferences and Technology: Flexible Utility or Futility? by Lence, Sergio H.

“…A thought experiment is designed to investigate whether the structure of risk aversion (i.e., the changes in absolute or relative risk aversion associated with…”
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Investors’ Reaction to Environmental Performance: A Global Perspective of the Newsweek ’s “Green Rankings” by Murguia, Juan M., Lence, Sergio H.

“…We use event study analysis to determine whether the release of Newsweek ’s “Global 100 Ranking” is relevant for the market. We look at one- and two-day event…”
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USDA Forecasts Of Crop Ending Stocks: How Well Have They Performed? by Xiao, Jinzhi, Hart, Chad E., Lence, Sergio H.

“…This study analyzes forecasts of U.S. ending stocks for corn, soybeans, and wheat issued by the USDA. The proposed efficiency tests focus on forecast…”
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Price Mean Reversion, Seasonality, and Options Markets by Hart, Chad E., Lence, Sergio H., Hayes, Dermot J., Jin, Na

“…Options on agricultural commodities with maturities exceeding one year seldom trade. One possible reason to explain this lack of trading is that we do not have…”
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Do Futures Benefit Farmers? by Lence, Sergio H

“…Simulations are used to analyze welfare and market- and farm-level effects of making futures available to producers of a storable commodity. Key features of…”
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