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How much of the error term is explained by psychometric variables? The example of organic produce demand
Grebitus, Carola; Dumortier, Jerome - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This paper analyzes the impact of human values and personality on the demand for organic tomatoes applying open-ended choice experiments to data from an online study that was performed in summer 2012. Results show that consumers make a distinction between conventional and organic produce, such...
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Time in Eating and Food Preparation for Single-Headed Households
Senia, Mark C.; Jensen, Helen H.; Zhylyevskyy, Oleksandr - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916324
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Benefit Evaluation of the Country of Origin Labeling in Taiwan: Results from Auction Experiment
Chern, Wen S.; Chang, Chun-Yu - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This research is aimed at investigating the consumer’s preference for food produced in Taiwan and the economic benefits for the country of origin labeling. The study uses both experimental auction and contingent valuation method (CVM) to investigate factors that affect the consumer’s...
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Avian Influenza Threat and its Potential Impact on Demand for Chicken and Eggs
Liu, Kang Ernest; Huang, Min-Hsin; Hsu, Jane Lu; Lee, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
A highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza (AI) has been confirmed in 420 human cases and has caused 257 deaths in the world starting from 2003. Using face-to-face interviews, our data were collected by utilizing a stratified sampling scheme following the distribution of gender and age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012696
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Demographic and Management Factors Affecting the Perceived Benefit of Winter Cover Crops in the Southeast
Bergtold, Jason S.; Duffy, Patricia A.; Hite, Diane; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
gain from using winter cover crops of Alabama row crop producers. Estimation results indicated that growing peanuts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039274
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The Supply of Private Acreage for Public Recreational Use in Southern and Central Appalachia
Liu, Zheng; Pagoulatos, Angelos; Hu, Wuyang; Fleming, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Public lands in Southern and Central Appalachia (SCA) available for outdoor recreational pursuits are limited relative to the rest of the county. This study identifies factors that encourage private land owners to permit public access to their land for recreational purposes and determines how...
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Demographic and Economic Factors Affecting Demand for Brand-Level Milk in Texas
Bingham, David; Dharmasena, Senarath; Capps, Oral; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
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A Matching Approach to Analyze the Impact of New Agricultural Technologies: Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Niger
Abdoulaye, Ibrahim Djido; Sanders, John H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
estimate a stochastic production technology frontier to compare technical efficiency of farmers in the extension program. We … test for returns to scale, examine factors affecting technical efficiency of participants, and compare technical efficiency … size producers.Technical efficiency of participants is increasing overtime, younger participants are technically more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880985
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Are Women Better Bankers to the Poor? Evidence from Rural Microfinance Institutions
Hartarska, Valentina; Mersland, Roy; Nadolnyak, Denis - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
between male and female CEOs in financial firms and in NGOs. We adapt the banking approach to managerial efficiency to account … for the outreach and sustainability goals of Microfinance Institutions. We then evaluate whether outreach efficiency … have 12-14 point higher outreach efficiency suggesting that promoting gender diversity at the top is likely to have social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881525
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Measuring Dynamic Efficiency under Uncertainty: An Application to German Dairy Farms
Wagner, Christina; Huettel, Silke; Odening, Martin; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The existing literature on dynamic efficiency is deterministic and ignores uncertainty when deriving dynamic efficiency …-fixed factors. Here, we contribute to closing this gap by developing a model that takes the dynamic efficiency measurement and the … empirical evidence for the importance of considering uncertainty when deriving (dynamic) efficiency measures: neglecting …
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