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Christchurch tomorrow : a discussion of the future development of Christchurch as a regional centre
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1975-09)
This discussion is about the goals and aspirations that the citizenry of Christchurch should adopt in planning the future development of their city. It leaves aside any consideration of the likely success or failure in ...
Productivity
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1974-06)
Productivity may be defined in a number of different ways, and the best definition to use at any particular time will depend upon the use intended for the measure productivity.
Price changes and the difficulty of adding ...
The wool acquisition controversy
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1974-03)
The most controversial topic in the wool industry over the last 5-10 years has been marketing reform, in particular the question of wool acquisition. Briefly, acquisition means the setting up by legislation of an authority ...
A statistical analysis of sources of variance of income on sheep farms in New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1976-06)
This paper uses a variance partitioning technique to attempt
to measure the relative contribution of several factors to
variation in sheep farm incomes. The analysis covers individual
farms, individual regions, and the ...
The optimal use by farmers of the income equalisation scheme
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1971-12)
A progressive income tax penalises those taxpayers with a fluctuating income (for example, farmers), as compared with those on a stable income with the same average. However there are various methods of smoothing taxable ...
Studies in costs of production : town milk supply farms, 1973-74
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1976-03)
This report represents a further extension
of the activitles of the unit in cost of production studies. It is the result of a contract between the New Zealand Milk Board and the New Zealand Town Milk Producers' Federation ...
Trends in rural land prices in New Zealand 1954-1969
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1971)
This paper examines post-war trends in rural land prices. New Zealand has a freehold system of land tenure and a land registration system based on the Torrens system first used in South Australia. As a result, reliable ...
The effect of taxation method on post-tax income variability
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1970)
Income variability is one of the serious disadvantages of farming. It makes it difficult to organize farm development wisely and upsets the farm family's standard of living. In the past there have been boom years when ...
New Zealand, The Ten, and future market strategies
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1972-04)
Britain, along with Ireland, Denmark and Norway will become a full member or the European Economic Community (EC) in January 1973. Thus the original signatories of the Treaty of Rome of 1957 (France, West Germany, Italy, ...
A linear programming model for economic planning in New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1972-11)
A good deal of research into the likely future structure of the New Zealand economy has been carried out in the Agricultural Economics Research Unit. The aim has been to provide realistic quantitative sectoral targets or ...