Vertical Product Differentiation in Theory and Practice (2003)
Eales, James, Binkley, James K
This study examines the role of advertising on consumers' quality perception as a method to vertically differentiate in the baking mix market. Two companies, General Mills and Chelsea Mills have...
Vertical Product Differentiation in Theory and Practice (2003)
Eales, James, Binkley, James K
This study examines the role of advertising on consumers' quality perception as a method to vertically differentiate in the baking mix market. Two companies, General Mills and Chelsea Mills have...
Vertical Product Differentiation in Theory and Practice (2003)
Eales, James, Binkley, James K
This study examines the role of advertising on consumers' quality perception as a method to vertically differentiate in the baking mix market. Two companies, General Mills and Chelsea Mills have...
Vertical Product Differentiation in Theory and Practice (2003)
Eales, James, Binkley, James K
This study examines the role of advertising on consumers' quality perception as a method to vertically differentiate in the baking mix market. Two companies, General Mills and Chelsea Mills have...
Binkley, James K., Martin, Marshall A., Sanders, John H.
Con el fin de proteger a los agricultores de actuales miembros de la CEE y a proveedores de terceros países, España y Portugal obtendrán un acceso gradual a los mercados de la CEE para la...
Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1979.
"W79-06731."
Estimates of Systematic Reporting Biases in Trade Statistics.
Tsigas, Marinos E, Hertel, Thomas W, Binkley, James K
Trade statistics are thought of as unreliable because often there are at least two quite different figures for the same transaction. This paper reports on a statistical procedure for quantifying the...
Trade Instability and Distance between Trading Countries.
Using a simple model, the hypothesis that trade instability is positively rel ated to distance between countries is developed. It is tested with se veral regressions using U.S. export and import...
Field time constraints for farm planning models
Etyang, Martin N., Preckel, Paul V., Binkley, James K., Doster, D. Howard
Finite Sample Behavior of Tests for Grouped Heteroskedasticity.
When the regression error variance is constant within subsets of data but differs across the subsets, grouped heteroskedasticity exists. Most tests for grouped heteroskedasticity are based on an...
Estimation of Variances in the Grouped Heteroskedasticity Model.
Error variances for weighted least squares estimation of the grouped heteroskedasticity model can be estimated using residuals from individual group regressions or one pooled regression. The latter...
MARKET COMPETITION AND METROPOLITAN-AREA GROCERY PRICES
James K. BINKLEY, John M. CONNOR
This paper examines the relationship of 1987 retail grocery prices to supermarket sales concentration across 95 U.S. metropolitan areas. The regression model incorporates a large number of...
The Effect of Demographic, Economic, and Nutrition Factors on the Frequency of Food Away from Home
Food away from home, especially fast food, is often cited as contributing to rising obesity. This negative publicity can affect the demand for restaurant meals. In this study econometric models...
CONSUMER PRICE AWARENESS IN FOOD SHOPPING: THE CASE OF QUANTITY SURCHARGES
Binkley, James K., Bejnarowicz, John
Data from 54 grocery regions is on tuna sales, prices, and consumer demographics is used to examine why consumers purchase large sizes when unit prices are higher. Results strongly indicate that this...
The Relation Between Dietary Change and Rising U.S. Obesity
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Health Economics and Policy,
Jekanowski, Mark, Binkley, James K., Eales, James
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,
MARKET COMPETITION AND METROPOLITAN-AREA GROCERY PRICES
Binkley, James K., Connor, John M.
This paper examines the relationship of 1987 retail grocery prices to supermarket sales concentration across 95 U.S. metropolitan areas. The regression model incorporates a large number of...
CONVENIENCE, ACCESSIBILITY, AND THE DEMAND FOR FAST FOOD
Jekanowski, Mark D., Binkley, James K., Eales, James
This study explores the growth in demand for fast food. A distinguishing characteristic of fast food is its convenience; in today's pervasive marketplace, consumers need not travel far to find a fast...
Calorie and Gram Differences between Meals at Fast Food and Table Service Restaurants
Concerns about the calorie content of restaurant food have focused on fast food. However, there is no specific evidence that fast food is worse than other food eaten away from home (FAFH). We use the...
Evaluating Alternative Energy Policies: An Example Comparing Transportation Energy Investments
James K. Binkley, Wallace E. Tyner, Marie E. Matthews
Designing appropriate programs to deal with present and future energy problems faced by the United States has created a need for the evaluation and comparison of different policies. An important...