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Clearance W. Jensen is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, an appointment he has enjoyed since 1980.
He attended Montana State College where he was granted Bachelors and Masters degrees in Agricultural Economics and Economics in 1951 and 1952. Further graduate work at Michigan State University was completed, where he received the Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Economics and Economics in 1958.
Douglas D. Southgate, Jr. is a Professor of agricultural economics at Ohio State University, where he also has directed the International studies Center and the Latin American Studies Program. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in economics by the University of Oregon in 1974 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his Ph.D. in agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin, in 1980, and the same year joined the faculty at Ohio State. He was promoted to associate professor in 1986 and to full professor in 1995.
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2. The Farm and Food System 21
3. Consumer Behavior and Demand 49
4. Producer Decision Making: Single-Variable Input 77
5. Producer Decision Making: Two-Variable Inputs and Enterprise Selection 101
6. Production Costs, Supply, and Price Determination 137
7. Competition and the Market 171
8. Imperfect Competition and Market Regulation 191
9. Macroeconomics 217
10. Financial Picture of Agriculture 245
11. Agricultural Price and Income Policies 277
12. Market Agricultural Commodities 311
13. Natural Resources 345
14. Rural Development 369
15. International Economics 397
16. Agriculture's Role in Economic Development 429
17. Global Food Demand and Supply 451
A List of Reference Books for the Beginning Student 479
Basic Sources of Agricultural Statistics 483
Glossary 489
Photo Credits 505
Index 507