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A Comparison of Objective Function Structures Used in a Recursive Goal Programming-Simulations Model of Farm Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Craig L. Dobbins  and
Harry P. Mapp Jr.
Craig L. Dobbins
Affiliation:
Purdue University
Harry P. Mapp Jr.
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
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Adjustments in enterprise organization and resource use by firms in response to changing prices, yields, technology, and expectations are of interest to production economists and farm management specialists. Comparative statics has been the primary means of analyzing the impact of changes in these variables on the firm.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , December 1982 , pp. 9 - 16
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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