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Input Quality in the Sugar Beet Industry

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Boland, Michael
Marsh, Thomas L.

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Using 23 years of data (1978-2000), this study examines seven vertically integrated sugar beet plants representing three different companies in the United States. The objective of this research is to identify the marginal costs of producing sugar beets for vertically integrated sugar beet processors as a way of determining the cost savings from higher quality sugar beets. In doing so, we account for quality differences in the sugar beet input that are used to manufacture the refined sugar output. The results quantify links between high quality sugar beets and lower processing costs.

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Article provided by Western Agricultural Economics Association in its journal Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Volume (Year): 31 (2006)
Issue (Month): 01 (April)
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Keywords: cost function; product differentiation; production economics; sugar; Crop Production/Industries;

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  1. Allen, Douglas W & Lueck, Dean, 1998. "The Nature of the Farm," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 41(2), pages 343-86, October.
  2. Paul J. Gertler & Donald M. Waldman, 1990. "Quality Adjusted Cost Functions," NBER Working Papers 3567, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Hueth, Brent & Melkonyan, Tigran, 2005. "Quality Measurement and Contract Design: Evidence from the North American Sugar Beet Industry," Staff General Research Papers 12350, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
  4. Moss, Charles B. & Schmitz, Andrew, 2000. "Vertical Integration And Trade Policy: The Case Of Sugar," 2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL 21754, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
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