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Are High-Tech Employment and Natural Amenities Linked?: Answers from a Smoothed Bayesian Spatial Model

Dorfman, Jeffrey H.; Patridge, Mark D.; Galloway, Hamilton - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008

We investigate the recently advanced theory that high-technology workers are drawn to high amenity locations and then the high-technology jobs follow the workers. Using a novel data set that tracks high-technology job growth by U.S. county, we estimate spatial parameters of the response of job...

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The Sophistication and Diversification of the African Agricultural Sector: A Product Space Approach

Badibanga, Thaddee Mutumba; Ulimwengu, John M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

focus on the agricultural sector. Between 1962 and 2008, we find that both specialization and diversification occur for the … diversification of agricultural exports is rather insignificant. Compared to Africa, Brazil appears to have experienced a more … balanced process in terms of both specialization and diversification of its agriculture. African countries’ specific …

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ANALYZING FARM PARTICIPATION DECISIONS IN AGROTOURISM ACTIVITIES IN NORWAY: SOME WELFARE IMPLICATIONS

Loureiro, Maria L.; Jervell-Moxnes, Anne - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004

The aim of this paper is to assess the role played by socio-demographic factors, the financial situation of the farm household, as well as the productive orientation and physical location of the farm on the adoption of agro-tourism activities in Norway. Agro-tourism activities in Norway can be...

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Nutritional Effects of Agricultural Diversification and Commercialization in Children in Zambia

Mofya-Mukuka, Rhoda; Kuhlgatz, Christian - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

survive on diets that are deficiency in proteins and other important nutrients. Agricultural diversification and … diversification (in terms of calorie and protein production) and commercialization on reducing malnutrition in the Eastern province of … diversification and commercialization on reducing malnutrition while GPS results show that higher degrees of diversification reduce …

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COMMERCIALIZATION EFFECTS ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME, POVERTY, AND DIVERSIFICATION: A COUNTERFACTUAL ANALYSIS OF MAIZE FARMERS IN KENYA

Olwande, John; Smale, Melinda - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

diversification among Kenya’s smallholder maize growers. We employ a combination of propensity score matching and endogenous switching … differing across segments of maize growers, while the impact on diversification of income sources is not significant in most …

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Impact of Third-Party Enforcement of Contracts in Agricultural Markets–A Field Experiment in Vietnam

Saenger, Christoph; Torero, Maximo; Qaim, Matin - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

Asymmetry of information is a fundamental problem in agricultural markets. Production contracts remain incomplete if product quality attributes measured by the buying company remain unobservable for the selling farmer. Opportunistic buyers would report lower than actual output quality,...

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Aflatoxin Contamination of Maize in Kenya: Observability and Mitigation Behavior

Hoffmann, Vivian; Mutiga, Samuel; Harvey, Jagger; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Using a unique dataset of maize samples and consumer interviews form Eastern Kenya, we find that the presence of the fungal contaminant aflatoxin is negatively associated with the use of maize flour for food. While food remains the most common use of maize regardless of the presence of the...

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Growing their own: Unobservable quality and the value of self-provisioning

Hoffmann, Vivian; Gatobu, Ken - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Many important food quality and safety attributes are unobservable at the point of sale, particularly in informal markets with weak reputation effects. Through a framed field experiment conducted in western Kenya, we show that farmers place a large premium on maize they have grown themselves,...

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Fat-tail Climate Risks, Mechanism design, and Reputation*

Banerjee, Prasenjit; Shogren, Jason F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

This paper investigates the interaction between consumers and producers in designing incentive mechanism for climate protection. Firms have material interests in building a moral reputation for those consumers who prefer buying from socially responsible firms. We examine optimal monetary...

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Let’s Talk About the Money: Spousal Communication, Expenditures and Farm Production

Chen, Joyce J.; Collins, LaPorchia - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

There is a burgeoning literature highlighting asymmetric information among household members. However, little is known about the source of the asymmetry and its effect on efficiency. Using a unique survey of Ghanaian households, we examine the accuracy of spousal cross-reports and the effect of...

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