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Modelling the Firm-Level Multiproduct Cost Structure of Agricultural Production

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Multiproduct cost analysis has been conducted at state, regional or broader levels of aggregation in agriculture. While the theory of the multiproduct firm and the quantitative tools for analysis are well developed there are no published multiproduct farm firm level studies. This is probably largely attributable to insufficient variability associated with firm level input prices thus preventing dual cost analysis.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, USA

    Abiodun Ojemakinde & Mark D. Lange

  2. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, USA

    Thomas P. Zacharias

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Ojemakinde, A., Lange, M.D., Zacharias, T.P. (1989). Modelling the Firm-Level Multiproduct Cost Structure of Agricultural Production. In: Gulledge, T.R., Litteral, L.A. (eds) Cost Analysis Applications of Economics and Operations Research. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 332. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6384-2_7

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