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A New General Conceptual Approach To Modeling The Livestock Sector: An Application To The Japanese Swine-Pork Sector

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  • Fabiosa, Jacinto F.
  • Qi, Xiaoting

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Many livestock sector models have limited coverage of relevant variables, and are somewhat ad hoc in their choice of what should be specified as behavioral equations. This study develops a generic conceptual approach to modeling the livestock sector that provides consistent rules of specification and better coverage of variables. This approach is then applied to the swine-pork sector of Japan. The new approach departs significantly from existing models. The structure clearly differentiates stock and flow variables; only flow variables have behavioral specifications and stock variables are accounting identities; flow variables are expressed in rates rather than levels; logistic functions are used in most flow variables to automatically impose biological-technological limits; and swine slaughter number and weight are disaggregated into sow and other swine (i.e., gilt-barrow). The estimated Japanese swine-pork model has good fit, no serial correlation, significant coefficients, correct signs, and is better able to capture both the mean and variability of all endogenous variables.

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  • Fabiosa, Jacinto F. & Qi, Xiaoting, 1998. "A New General Conceptual Approach To Modeling The Livestock Sector: An Application To The Japanese Swine-Pork Sector," 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT 20835, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea98:20835
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20835
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