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Richards, Timothy J.; Allender, William J.; Hamilton, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

Inuential individuals in a social network environment are important in shaping preferences for new products. In this study, we adopt an incentive compatible choice-based conjoint analysis approach to generate data on the introduction of a new ice cream product. We use spatial econometric methods...

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Risk Externalities, Wildfire Hazard, and Private Investment to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Taylor, Michael H.; Christman, Laine; Rollins, Kimberly - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

This is Selected Paper #2846. The title of this paper at the time the abstract was submitted was "Private Incentives for Investments to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface"

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A Spatial Analysis of the Role of Residential Real Estate Investment in the Economic Development of the Northeast Region of the United States

Jayaraman, Praveena; Lacombe, Donald; Gebremedhin, Tesfa - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Spatial dependence is an important factor in regional economic growth analysis, especially in terms of population, employment, and per capita income. This paper employs spatial econometric techniques and U.S. Census Bureau county-level data for the period of 1980-2010 to identify and estimate...

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Spatial Econometric Approaches to Estimating Hedonic Property Value Models

Wang, Li; Ready, Richard C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005

The inclusion of spatial correlation of house price in hedonic pricing model may produce better marginal implicit price estimate(s) of the environmental variable(s) of interest. Most applications where a spatial econometric model is applied to the estimation of a hedonic property value model...

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Obesity in Urban Food Markets: Evidence from Geo-referenced Micro Data

Chen, Susan E.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Snyder, Samantha D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

This paper provides quantitative estimates of the effect of proximity to fast food restaurants and grocery stores on obesity in urban food markets. Our empirical model combined georeferenced micro data on access to fast food restaurants and grocery stores with data about salient personal...

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The Specific Allocation Fund (DAK) : Mechanism and Uses

Usman, Syaikhu; Mawardi, M. Sulton; Poesoro, Adri; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

This study aims to analyze the management of the Specific Allocation Fund (DAK). The three largest DAK-recipient sectors are the focus of the study : education, health, and roads infrastructure. The study sample areas are four districts. This paper was compiled based on the results of in-depth...

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Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia : East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund

Abidin, Mahani Zainal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

East Asian countries were seriously affected by the 2008 global crisis through a steep fall in exports. This experience exposed the vulnerability of the East Asian growth model and emphasized the importance of generating regional growth by expanding domestic demand and enlarging intra-regional...

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Convergence in nutrient intakes and examination of nutrition-income elasticities in sub Saharan Africa: Implications on Health and welfare

Ogundari, Kolawole - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

The objective of the study is twofold: first, to investigate whether a nutrition convergence process exists in sub … covering 1975-2009 cum balanced panel of 1505 observations was employed for the analysis. The convergence hypothesis is … Curve. However, the empirical results show that the null hypothesis of no nutrition convergence is strongly rejected, which …

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Emergence of China and India in the New Millennium : Will it Facilitate Market Access for LDCs and Developing Countries?

Mohanty, S. K.; Chaturvedi, Sachin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

China and India have emerged as highly dynamic economies in recent years. In the Asian region their growth and economic expansion has generated its own complementarities. The paper has empirically shown that surge in the exports of these two countries have significantly contributed to their...

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The Pattern of Growth in Indonesia after the Economic Crisis 1997/1998 : Does the Primary Sector Still Need to Support Economic Growth?

Hirawan, Fajar Bambang; Cesaratto, Sergio - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

This paper aims to examine the pattern of growth in Indonesia, especially after the economic crisis 1997/1998. Indonesia suffered a catastrophic economic crisis from the year 1997 until 1999 and the economy improved from the year 2000 even though it was still dependant on the non-economic...

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