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 \n看  \nReprinted from JoUENAL OF FABM EcONOMICS,Vol.10,No.2,April,192B  \nQUALITY FACTORS INFLUENCING VEGETABLE308PRICES¹  \n高  \nFREDERICK V.WAUGH  \nB₄x Z71MASSACHUSETTS DrVISION or MARKETB  \n?3 trpA  \nThe title of this paper has a familiar sound.During thepast few years statistical studies have been made of fac-tors influencing the prices of wheat,oats,corn,potatoes,sweet potatoes,apples,hogs,lamb,and many other agri-cultural commodities.It is,therefore,no novelty for thisassociation to include in its program a paper discussingfactors influencing vegetable prices.  \nIn many ways the study described in this paper is simi-lar to those which have been described in many paperswhich have been presented at recent annual meetings of thisassociation.It makes use of the same technique of sta-tistical analysis.It isolates and measures certain factorswhich influence the prices of asparagus,tomatoes,and hot-house cucumbers on the Boston market.The importantdifference between this study and most of the satisticalprice studies to date is in the factors considered.Thisis,however,an important difference,and should perhapsreceive some attention at this point.  \nPrices of agricultural products—and,in fact,of mostcommodities—vary in two distinct ways.First,they varyfrom day to day or from year to yearSecond,at anyparticular time prices vary according to differences in theuality or the appearance of the individual lots sold.Thefrst type of price variation is represented by changes fromday to day or from season to season in market quotationsor in average prices.The second type of price variationis represented by the returns which individual producers.receive.  \nWith a few exceptions the statistical studies to date haveconcerned themselves with the first type of price variation—that is,in the analysis of the causes of changes in pricefrom day to day or from season to season.This study,onthe other hand,eliminates the day to day changes in prices,and studies the causes of variation in prices received for  \nindividual lots of a commodity at a given time.The factorsconsidered are,for the most part,physical characteristicsof the commodities themselves—size,shape,color,maturity,uniformity and similar factors.The study isthen,a sta-tistieal analysis of market demand in an attempt to dis-cover the important quality factors which cause high or lowprices.  \nThe practieal value of such a study,if successful,is evi-dent.Agricultural economists have been interested foryears in the possibility of a better adjustment of produc-tion to market demand.This adjustment involves both thequantity of production and the quality of the commoditiesproduced.The farmer must adopt a production programwhich will not only result in a erop of the size most suitedto market conditions,but he must produce varieties andtypes of each commodity which the market wants and forwhich it is willing to pay.His marketing meth","cbCair7M9D4ln7A0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair7M9D4ln7A0","pdf",531243,"English","# Quality factors influencing vegetable prices\n## Price variation: day-to-day vs. quality-driven returns\n## Study design and measured factors\n## Practical value for producers and marketing\n## Limits of consumer-demand surveys\n## Prior quantitative studies and context","[{\"question\":\"How does the paper distinguish different causes of price variation?\",\"answer\":\"It separates day-to-day or season-to-season market quote changes from quality- or appearance-driven differences in the returns received for individual lots at a given time.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the statistical approach focus on in this study?\",\"answer\":\"It eliminates day-to-day price changes and statistically analyzes market demand to identify quality characteristics that lead to higher or lower prices.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author criticize relying on consumer-demand surveys?\",\"answer\":\"The author notes difficulties in quantifying preferences in dollars, bias from the survey questions themselves, and the fact that demanded product types depend on both quality and price, not quality alone.\"}]","Quality factors influencing vegetable prices | PDF",1789962993,25]