Cotton production and chemical use have increased considerably in Mozambique. These changes mean that it is important to understand whether farmers know the hazards of using chemicals and also know the available preventive measures. Observed farmers' behavior leads us to believe that Mozambican...

An Almost Ideal Demand System model is developed and used to estimate price elasticities for US cheese sold at retail. Growing consumption of cheese coupled with fierce competition between private labels and national brands serves as motivating factors for this study. Per capita consumption of...

Nationwide food consumption surveys often find no difference in the diets of lower and higher income Americans, while studies of particular food commodities find major differences. These contrasting results represent a consumption paradox. We attempt to gain an understanding of this paradox by...

type="main" xml:id="joca12047-abs-0001" While a number of studies have investigated the relationship between debt and psychological well-being, none so far has explored if and how this relationship evolves over time. We seek to fill this gap in the literature by empirically analyzing the impact...