Marigold (Tagetes) is of importance both as a decorative plant and plant used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry, with recognized medicinal properties. This paper presents a scientific approach to the methods required forthe analysis of the economic efficiency of marigold seed culture...

Chapter 1 investigates how people's beliefs and investment behavior change in light of social information from their peers and from experts with a large-scale online experiment with participants from the U.S. and the U.K. I find that laypeople’s forecasts are strongly influenced by information...