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THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN CHINESE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION ON WORLD FEED GRAIN TRADE
Fuller, Frank H.; Fang, Cheng - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
Using household survey data from seven provinces in China, this study provides estimates of the price responsiveness of … simulate the impacts of structural change in China's livestock industry on feed grain trade. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806425
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Sex Imbalance, Marriage Competition, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural China
Yuan, Yan; Rong, Zhao; Xu, Lihe - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
It is well acknowledged that the entrepreneurship is important to economic development. In this paper, we suggest a … gender-related determinant of entrepreneurship, local sex imbalance. Using a 2009 rural finance survey, we examine how this … imbalance influences the venturing at the household level in China. We find that households with a son in more sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881194
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TRANSLATING LATENT TRENDS IN FOOD CONSUMER BEHAVIOR INTO NEW PRODUCTS
Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka; Van Wezemael, Lynn; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
For successful product development it is important to explore the latent changes in consumer behavior prior to the product development process. The identification of a latent trend before the manifestation moment can be achieved by trend analysis. Trend analysis delivers insights that explore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368363
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LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE IN THE KANSAS FARM SECTOR: A TRIPARTITE DECOMPOSITION USING THE DEA APPROACH
Mugera, Amin W.; Langemeier, Michael R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
The objective of this paper is to analyze sources of labor productivity growth in the Kansas farm sector over the period 1993-2006 for a sample of 668 farms. The nonparametric production frontier method is used to decompose labor productivity growth into three components: (1) technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005804653
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THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ON SMALL FARMS IN CHILE
Edmonds, Christopher M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
This research examines the effect of a government sponsored technology transfer program for small holder farms in Chile. The effect of family participation in the technology transfer program is evaluated with respect to a number of 'outcomes' including its effect on farm revenues, total family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806401
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A New Measure of the Producer Welfare Effects of Technological Change
Bullock, David S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
It is well recognized that the statistical reliability of the conventional method of estimating the effects of technological change on producer welfare is often quite poor. I present a method that enhances the statistical reliability of such estimates. I emphasize that when measuring the welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021432
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DISPARITIES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES AMONG URBAN INDUSTRIES -- AN EXPLORATORY APPROACH
Liang, Chyi-Lyi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004
The results of an on-going exploratory study focused on disparities in entrepreneurial activities across 203 Metropolitan Statistical Areas among 18 industries in the US showed that there existed variations in the path of entrepreneurial development among MSAs and different industries. Resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806667
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Livelihood Disruption and Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship as Technology Adoption, A Case of Tobacco Farmer in Kentucky
Khantachavana, Sivalai V.; Just, David R.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Entrepreneurship means making discrete changes in livelihood activities that involve substantial risks to income. While … entrepreneurship and technology adoption. Adopting a new production technology also involves substantial risks. The economics of … learning by using and learning by doing. We review the technology adoption literature, drawing out lessons for entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020431
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Entrepreneurial Programs: Which Contribute to Oklahoma Business Owners' Success?
Brooks, Lara; Whitacre, Brian E.; Muske, Glenn; Woods, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/20/10.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020528
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Too Connected to Fail: The Effect of Alliance Network Structure on Farm Survival
Kirwan, Barrett E.; Martens, Andrea - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Exogenous, unobserved factors often confound the effects of alliance networks. More capable farmers might be less likely to exit and more likely to have a large number of alliances. In this case the negative correlation between alliance network size and exit likelihood is due to the unobserved...
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