Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2017
Optimal control models of aggregate milk supply and demand behavior are used to describe the optimal phasing of the deregulatory dairy price support in the presence of supply growth. Producers are assumed to face costs of adjustment, and are myopic with respect to price expectations and the adoption of the new quasi-fixed factor augmenting technology.
Senior authorship is not assigned. The helpful comments of Shih-Hsun Hsu and the editor are appreciated. This research was supported by USDA/NRED cooperative research agreement no. 58-3J23-2. Journal Series Article No. 7575 of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station.