ENERGY INTENSIVENESS OF WASHINGTON AGRICULTURE AND THE EFFECTS OF INCREASES IN ENERGY PRICES ON WASHINGTON AGRICULTURE  G. K. Lee is agricultural economist, National Economic Analysis Division, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, D. C. 20250. The author expresses his appreciation for helpful comments by Steve Guebert, ERS, USDA, but all remaining errors are the sole responsibility of the author.

1977 ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene K. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Energy Intensiveness ◽  
Research Service

scholarly journals The Changing Missions of Agricultural Economics Research

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-313
Author(s):  
Quentin M. West
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economics Research ◽  
Research Service

The Economic Research Service is in the midst of reorganization. For the past 1-1/2 years, ERS researchers and administrators have been working overtime to make sure that ERS research dovetails with today's priorities.

scholarly journals Dynamics and Branch Structure of Water Consumptions in the Republic of Moldova

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bacal Petru ◽  
Burduja Daniela
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Water Use ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Structure Of Water ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring

Abstract The purpose of this research consists in the elucidation of spatial and branch aspects of the water use in the river basins of Republic of Moldova. The main topics presented in this paper are: 1) the dynamics of water use; 2) spatial and branch profile of water use and its dynamics: 3) existing problems in the evaluation and monitoring of water use. To achieve these objectives were used traditional methods of geographical and economic research. Also, the content of the present study is focused on the methodology to elaborate the management plans of hydrographical basins and their chapters on economic analysis of water use in the river basin. of Republic of Moldova.

scholarly journals A Novel High-Dimensional Trajectories Construction Network based on Multi-Clustering Algorithm

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feiyang Ren ◽  
Yi Han ◽  
Shaohan Wang ◽  
He Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
High Dimensional ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Marine Transportation ◽  
Network Construction ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
State Of Art

Abstract A novel marine transportation network based on high-dimensional AIS data with a multi-level clustering algorithm is proposed to discover important waypoints in trajectories based on selected navigation features. This network contains two parts: the calculation of major nodes with CLIQUE and BIRCH clustering methods and navigation network construction with edge construction theory. Unlike the state-of-art work for navigation clustering with only ship coordinate, the proposed method contains more high-dimensional features such as drafting, weather, and fuel consumption. By comparing the historical AIS data, more than 220,133 lines of data in 30 days were used to extract 440 major nodal points in less than 4 minutes with ordinary PC specs (i5 processer). The proposed method can be performed on more dimensional data for better ship path planning or even national economic analysis. Current work has shown good performance on complex ship trajectories distinction and great potential for future shipping transportation market analytical predictions.

Economics as a Public Mission

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-143
Author(s):  
Amy C. Offner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
National Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Specialized Form ◽  
National Economic Policy

This chapter focuses on John M. Hunter, the thirty-nine-year-old Illinois native who spoke as director of Colombia's first economic research center and addressed readers of one of Colombia's premier journals of economic research, the Revista del Banco de la República. It also talks about economics in Latin America. During the years after 1945, Colombian universities established freestanding economics programs where none had existed before. There had been men called economists in Colombia for decades; they were brilliant lawyers, engineers, businessmen, and politicians who made national economic policy and taught occasional courses in political economy on the side. But the crisis of the 1930s had inspired a new regard for economic expertise as a specialized form of knowledge, and Colombians set out to create a new kind of economist to steer the state. The invention of economics as an independent discipline, a nineteenth-century process in the United States and much of Europe, was thus a twentieth-century phenomenon in Latin America, born of new visions of national development and spearheaded by renowned men in business and government.

scholarly journals Discussion: Economic Research Trade-Offs Between Equity and Efficiency

1973 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Author(s):  
Luther Tweeten
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Equity And Efficiency ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Publicly Supported ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Research Service

I applaud Quentin West for what he said in his paper and commend him for the directions he had outlined for the Economic Research Service. If there was a time when economists could ignore the equity dimension in their analysis, it is no more. The agricultural establishment, largely uncritical lovers of traditional agricultural research and education, and the young radicals, largely unloving critics exemplified by Hard Tomatoes -- Hard Times, hold very different images of who pays for and who benefits from publicly supported agricultural research and education. Differences will not be resolved without better information in the hands of both groups.It would be hard to quarrel with the thrust of ERS analysis reported by West for Tobacco and other programs. So I will deal with his shortcomings of omission rather than commission. Specifically, I will quantify the distribution of costs and benefits from agricultural research and education.

scholarly journals The Use of Economic Analysis in the Tennessee Valley Authority: The Case of the Duck River Project

1973 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-252
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Shabman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Discount Rate ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Tennessee Valley Authority ◽  
Environmental Impact Statement ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Duck River ◽  
Tennessee Valley ◽  
Eis Analysis

In September, 1968 the Tennessee Valley Authority recommended construction of two dams on the Duck River in middle Tennessee. Subsequently, an environmental impact statement (EIS) was prepared which further described the plan and provided a summary of the national economic efficiency justification for its implementaion. Table 1 summarizes the EIS justification. However, the accuracy of the EIS analysis may be subject to question. This paper evaluates the sensitivity of the EIS national economic analysis to changes in expansion benefit estimates, reconsideration of cost estimates and their use, and the discount rate used for analysis. Also discussed is the consideration given to alternatives to the Duck River Project, and institutional limitations on the TVA's mission that affect the use of economic analysis.

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