Welfare effects of the National Pseudorabies Eradication Program: comment

• Published in: American journal of agricultural economics Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 968 - 971
• Main Authors: Forsythe, Kenneth W., Corso, Barbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Menasha, Wis Oxford University Press 01-11-1994; American Agricultural Economics Association; American Farm Economic Association; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; ANALISIS DE COSTOS; ANALYSE DES COUTS; AUJESZKY VIRUS; Capital costs; CERDO; Comments and Replies; CONSOMMATION; CONSUMO; CONSUMPTION; CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES; CONTROLE DE MALADIES; COST ANALYSIS; Cost benefit ratio; Cost estimates; COSTOS DE PRODUCCION; COSTOS MARGINALES; Costs; COUT DE PRODUCTION; COUT MARGINAL; DEMAND; DEMANDA; DEMANDE; Discount rates; Disease; DISEASE CONTROL; Econometrics; ECONOMIA DE BIENESTAR; Economic costs; ECONOMIE DU BIEN ETRE; EFFECTIF DU CHEPTEL; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; Estimates; ETATS UNIS; EXCEDENT; EXCEDENTES; Expected values; FONCTION D'OFFRE; FUNCIONES DE LA OFERTA; Herds; Hogs; Infections; LIVESTOCK NUMBERS; MARGINAL COSTS; MARKET PRICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELE MATHEMATIQUE; MODELOS MATEMATICOS; NUMERO DE CABEZAS; PIGS; POLICIES; POLITICAS; POLITIQUE; PORCIN; PRECIOS DE MERCADO; PRIX DE MARCHE; PRODUCER SURPLUS; PRODUCTION COSTS; Pseudorabies; Q120; Ratios; RETURNS; Revenue; SUPPLY ELASTICITIES; SUPPLY FUNCTIONS; SURPLUSES; SWINE; USA; VIRUS D'AUJESZKY; VIRUS DE AUJESZKY; WELFARE ECONOMICS
• ISSN: 0002-9092; 1467-8276
• DOI: 10.2307/1243760

Forsythe and Corso criticize Ebel, Hornbaker and Nelson's method of calculating producer surplus change in estimating welfare changes from national pseudorabies eradication programs. Ebel, Hornbaker and Nelson overstate the change due to a downward supply shift.