Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Kenneth L. Robinson: An Acknowledgment ix
4. Preface to the Fifth Edition xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Principles of Price Determination
7. 2. Demand for Agricultural Products 7
8. 3. Demand Elasticities and Related Coefficients 29
9. 4. Supply Relationships in Agriculture 50
10. 5. Price Determination: Theory and Practice 75
11. Part II. Price Differences and Variability
12. 6. Marketing Margins 103
13. 7. Price Differences Associated with Quality 133
14. 8. Spatial Price Relationships 145
15. 9. Price Variation through Time 168
16. 10. General Farm – Non-farm Price Relationships 197
17. Part III. Pricing Institutions
18. 11. Mechanisms for Discovering Prices 221
19. 12. Price Relationships on Commodity Futures Markets 246
20. 13. Functions of Commodity Futures Markets 280
21. Part IV. Introduction to Empirical Price Analysis
22. 14. Background for Price Analysis 305
23. 15. Using and Evaluating Results 345
24. 16. Applications 373
25. Index 391