Tweeten L., Badger D.D. Agricultural Policy Analysis Tools for Economic Development

Routledge, 1989. — 396 p. — (Westview Studies in Agriculture Science and Policy). — ISBN: 0813377463, 9780813377469.Scan.Scholarly text presents a practical guide to methods of policy analysis. Includes discussions of the conceptual foundations and applications of regression analysis and statistical methods; the use of microcomputers in policy analysis; demand theory and elasticity matrix construction; supply theory and elasticity matrix estimation; classical welfare analysis; simulation and systems modeling; enterprise budgets; mathematical programming; agricultural project investment analysis; policy applications in natural resource projects; international trade policies; index numbers and aggregation.