Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Economics Research Institute Study Paper

Volume

11

Publisher

Utah State University Department of Economics

Publication Date

2000

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First Page

1

Last Page

67

Abstract

This paper builds a dynamic rational expectations model describing the supply of cattle. The theoretical model inlproves on existing models by allowing cow-calf operators to make period-by-period investment decisions on both the cow and calf margins, separates the markets for fed and unfed beef, and considers a rich set of exogenous shocks. The model is calibrated and used to simulate artificial data that replicates several empirical regularities associated with the cattle cycle.

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