EJPAU 2011. Kobus P. INTERVAL ESTIMATION OF ECONOMICALLY OPTIMAL NITROGEN DOSE

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2011
Volume 14
Issue 4

Topic:

Economics

ELECTRONIC
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POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES

Kobus P. 2011. INTERVAL ESTIMATION OF ECONOMICALLY OPTIMAL NITROGEN DOSE, EJPAU 14(4), #07.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume14/issue4/abs-07.html

INTERVAL ESTIMATION OF ECONOMICALLY OPTIMAL NITROGEN DOSE

Paweł Kobus
Department of Agricultural Economics and International Economic Relations, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to propose a procedure for interval estimate of nitrogen dose x_r, which allows to achieve a chosen value of wheat production function derivative r. It is shown that the point estimator of x_r follows asymptotically normal distribution. That fact is used for construction of an asymptotic confidence interval for x_r. It is also shown that substituting r with proportion of input and product unit prices allows to use the proposed formula for interval estimation of economically optimal nitrogen dose. An example of such application based on winter wheat fertilizing experiment is given.

Key words: economical optimization, nonlinear regression, interval estimation.

Paweł Kobus
Department of Agricultural Economics and International Economic Relations, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
ul. Nowoursynowska 166, PL-02-787 Warszawa
email: pawel_kobus@sggw.pl

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