This paper discusses the concept of a production function, its relation to the theory of supply and its use as a tool for economic analysis. In the second section there is a review of some of the measurement problems, ...

The evaluation of projects which demand capital strikes at the heart of the economic problem - that is - the making of decisions about the allocation of scarce resources amongst competing ends. In a perfectly competitive ...

This report, a further one in the series relating to the structural development of the New Zealand economy, presents estimates of capital formation and capital use for each of the years 1958 to 1965. The capital estimates ...

The major problem in the New Zealand meat industry is the future organisation of marketing of our meat products rather than increased production as such. With changing world markets, the meat industry needs to make adjustments ...

This discussion paper sets out the main developments in project evaluation in agriculture and forestry in New Zealand. The paper includes a bibliography of the appropriate reports and the following discussion relates to ...

Econometric analysis of the demand for raw wool at auction published by other authors has been mainly confined to an analysis of the determinants of the consumption of raw wool. However the purchaser of raw wool at auction ...

With the fall of wool prices in New Zealand, and subsequent devaluation of the New Zealand dollar, the level of beef prices to farmers has improved considerably relative to wool and sheep meat prices. If the New Zealand ...

This report presents the detailed results of a survey of farm labour in patangata County, Hawke's Bay. A sample of 100 farms was chosen from 333 at random with farming type consisting of hill country sheep and cattle ...

This study examines the economics of land development undertaken by the State on the partially developed Hindon Block, Otago. The study includes both historic and projected costs and returns of development and is based ...

An impressive array of literature dealing with water resources development is accumulating in the bookshelves of both economists and engineers. This literature stresses the essential interdisciplinary teamwork involved in ...