Ramirez, Octavio A.; Mohanty, Samarendu; Carpio, Carlos E. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36 (2004) 02
We demonstrate the use of the small-sample econometrics principles and strategies to come up with reliable yield and acreage models for policy analyses. We focus on demonstrating the importance of proper representation of systematic and random components of the model for improving forecasting...