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Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Sociology, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

A comparison was made between the current telephone trading system (TTS) used to trade cash grain and a computerized trading system (CTS). Three steps were necessary to accomplish this task. First, the past and present TTS were explored through a historical case study and a survey of grain traders, respectively. Second, a theoretical framework based on the principle that the price discovery process is a communication process was developed to guide the comparison. Finally, a CTS for grains was conceptualized and a demonstration computer program was written to model such a system. Using communication and functional performance criteria, the two systems were compared. It appears that a CTS is a more effective price discovery mechanism due to the explicit data bases and software inherent to it. In addition, a CTS is a global and centralized trading system as opposed to a TTS which is dyadic and decentralized. The main implications of a CTS to the grain industry was hypothesized to be an increase in pricing and technical efficiency in the price discovery process. The result of this increased efficiency is to increase competition and affect market structure. Continued pressure toward an oligopolistic structure could be countered by the symmetric information available over a CTS. / Ph. D.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the changes in import and export demand in China and India on the United States and global agriculture in 2018. A spatial equilibrium model is developed to optimize production and trade in China, India, and other major importing and exporting regions in the world. This research focuses on four primary crops: wheat, com, rice and soybeans. In the model China and India are divided into 31 and 14 producing and consuming regions, respectively. The model also includes five exporting countries and ten importing countries/regions. The results indicate that India will be able to stay largely self-sufficient in 2018 and China will increase its soybean and com imports to meet rising domestic demand. The research also gives perspectives on production and trade in the United States and other major exporting and importing countries.

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Call number: LD2668 .T4 1956 A48 / Master of Science

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 1993. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-193).

Inaug.-diss.--Erlangen. / Lebenslauf. "Literatur und quellen": p. [vi]-vii.