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-food risks. The means by which this is done is novel and differs from past risk perception analyses in that it asks people … the risk perceptions has 4 main foci concerning the relative assessment of (i) novel as opposed to more familiar risks (e … versus how worrying the risks are considered to be, (iv) differences in the risk perceptions across social groups, in this …
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We report results of an analysis of the attribution of relative responsibility across the stages of the food chain for ensuring food safety. Specifically, we identify perceptions of the share of the overall responsibility that each stage in the food chain has to ensure that the meat people cook...
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there are still other (possibly even more personal) aspects that determine the final perception of a farmer of a risk …The risk environment of farmers is changing and new risk management strategies are being introduced. Beal (1996) stated … that risk management strategies adopted by farmers will be in accordance with their personal preferences for risk. In this …
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This study takes the standard acreage response model that stems from an expected utility framework, accounting for both price and yield variability, and nests it within a flexible semi-nonparametric (SNP) model consistent with farm-level decision models for computationally tractable results. We...
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by meeting specific market demands while assessing the reasonable risk associated with bio-energy production for an area …, reducing the production risk and enhancing the competitiveness of bio-energy products. Gasifying biomass is a feasible way to … key components for dealing the risk and commercializing bio-energy products in long term. …
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Herein we model the widespread dispersal and management of an invasive species as a weak-link public good. The risk of … introduction is driven in part by economic activity, is influenced by policies directed at the risk, and economic activity responds …/adapts to the risk. Framed around recent introductions and rapid spread of dreissenid mussels in the Western United States, we …
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feedstocks are also estimated and show that the 20MGYplant can tolerate greater ethanol and feedstock price risk than the 10MGY …
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