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and the food industry. A number of food scandals have exacerbated consumers’ critical perceptions of the agribusiness …’ attitudes towards the CSR commitment of agribusiness companies. The results do not confirm Carroll’s distinction between four … for agribusiness firms designing and implementing their CSR strategies. …
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This poster summarizes the parameter estimates from a hedonic pricing model of shell eggs.
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Poster prepared for presentation at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s 2012 AAEA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, August 12-14, 2012
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major issues of sustainability in a global context, in an agribusiness context, and finally in the specific case of Syngenta …. The concluding discussion represents the perspectives of a group of agribusiness professionals that discussed this case …
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Methyl Bromide in the United States is supplied by only four firms (two producers and two importers) who reap windfall profits from MB restrictions. Since 1992 we estimate that over $300 million in cumulative windfall profits have resulted from restrictions on Methyl Bromide and currently run...
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In this paper, we show formally that cooperatives can possess an informational - and hence cost - advantage compared to For Profit Firms. This advantage is directly linked to the goal alignment between the cooperative and its members, and is influenced by the extent of income redistribution...
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Over the last 20 years the cheese manufacturing sector has become the most important market for U.S. farm milk. Using a plant-level dataset encompassing the 1972-1997 period we examine the production characteristics of this industry. Using the results obtained from our cost function we estimate...
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Using U.S. apparel catalogue data, we estimate hedonic price functions to identify market valuation of environmental attributes of apparel goods. We identify a significant and robust premium for the organic fibers embodied in the apparel goods. We find an additional organic premium for baby...
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An optimization model is used to evaluate the economics of various components of a large agribusiness. The benefits of …
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Market structure is tested in 47 subsectors of the US food industry between 1958-1994. All industries exert market power in at least some of the sample years. Deadweight loss estimates resulting from noncompetitive behavior ranging from over $5 billion in soft drinks to under $1 million in the...
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