Econometric analysis for public policy / Karl A. Fox.

Part I. The analysis of demand, 3 -- Introduction to part I, 3 -- 1. The development of statistical demand analysis, 7 -- 2. Modern econometric theory and the single equation approach, 24 -- 3. The demand for farm and food products: preliminary considerations, 45 -- 4. Demand functions for livestock products, 1922-41, 66 -- 5. Demand functions for crops, 1922-41, 97 -- 6. Other aspects of the demand analyses for 1922-41, 114 -- 7. Changes in the structure of demand for farm and food products, 1940-54, 135 -- Part II. The use of econometric models, 153 -- Introduction to Part II, 153 -- 8. Some uses of econometric models in appraising foreign trade policies, 154 -- 9. A spatial equilibrium model of the livestock-feed economy in the United States, 170 -- 10. Further applications of the spatial equilibrium approach, 192 -- 11. The contribution of farm price support programs to general economic stability, 212 -- 12. Econometric models of the United States, 255 -- Appendix: Accuracy of price forecasts from 1922-41 demand functions during the postwar period, 275 -- Index, 283.