TY - BOOK AU - Capps,Oral AU - Penson,John B.,Jr AU - Rosson,C.Parr AU - Woodward,Richard T. TI - Introduction to agricultural economics SN - 0133379485 (hdbk.) AV - HD1415 .P374 2014 U1 - 338.1 23 PY - 2015/// CY - England PB - Pearson Education Limited KW - Agriculture KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes bibliographical references and index; What is agricultural economics? -- The U.S. food and fiber industry -- Theory of consumer behavior -- Consumer equilibrium and market demand -- Measurement and interpretation of elasticities -- Introduction to production and resource use -- Economics of input and product substitution -- Market equilibrium and product price: perfect competition -- Market equilibrium and product price: imperfect competition -- Natural resources, the environment, and agriculture -- Government intervention in agriculture -- Product markets and national output -- Macroeconomic policy fundamentals -- Consequences of business fluctuations -- Macroeconomic policy and agriculture -- Agricultural trade and exchange rates -- Why nations trade -- Agricultural trade policy and preferential trading arrangements ER -