Inaug. diss.--Gothenburg. / Extra t.p., with thesis statement, inserted. Bibliography: p. 15-21.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 282-296).

Cocoa shslls are the covering of the eeede of a tropical tree known as Theobrona Cacao, which belonge to the general order Buttoneriaceae. This tree may be found throughout the tropics, and is extensively cultivated for its seeds. These seeds are comraonly called cocoa beans, froa the kernel of which the cocoa and chocolate of commerce are manufactured. The seede ere ovate in shape, about the sise of an ordinary green kidney bean, and covered with a thin, red or grey-brown, friable shell or husk. Information procured from The Salter Baker Company by Professor V. P. Brooks of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, regarding the annual product ion of shells in the United states give us some idea of the world product. Professor Brooke was informed that approximately 6, TOO tone were produced each year. Op to the present time most of these shells have been burned , or otherwise destroyed, ae they have been considered of little value. S< however, have been used as bedding and as food for cattle and sheep.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-75).

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Thesis--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-90).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1972. / Includes bibliographical references.

The possibility of an international agreement to control the world marketing of cocoa is imminent. Aiming to develop a useful tool to determine the response of the sectors of the industry, to specific policy measures, a theoretical model of the cocoa economy is constructed. In developing this model, the characteristics and behavior of the industry is taken into account, together with economic theory. First, a simplified model is presented, showing the basic features of the industry. Next, the supply and demand structures are formulated separately. These structures then, are combined to form a complete model of the cocoa economy. With this model as a premise, an attempt to estimate the long run demand elasticities for cocoa in the United States is undertaken. To estimate these long run elasticities, a dynamic model based on the theory of distributed lags is used. The model is of the type proposed by Koyck and later developed by Nerlove and Martin. The analysis of the data shows that the best approach to account for long run fluctuations is using a simultaneous equations model. A structural change occurring in the industry in the postwar period, prevents the estimation of long run elasticities, because of the limited number of observations. / M.S.

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