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Private Labels, Retail Configuration, and Fluid Milk Prices

Bonanno, Alessandro; Lopez, Rigoberto A. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 2004

This paper investigates the impacts of store brands (i.e., private labels) and retail characteristics (scanners, deli, bakery, and pharmacy departments, ATMs, restaurant and store size) on fluid milk prices using 1,740 supermarket-level observations from four cities. Non-parametric results...

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The Scramble for Natural Resources: More food, less land?

Crawford Fund - 2013

Proceedings of the 2012 Parliamentary Conference, with Sir John Beddington; Professor Jonathon Foley; Dr Derek Byerlee; Dr Frank Rijsberman and others

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Picks and ploughs: revitalising local economic development in rural sub-Saharan Africa

Hilson, Gavin - Crawford Fund - 2013

For decades, the rural development and poverty alleviation agenda in sub-Saharan Africa has emphasised support for …

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Consumer Preferences: A Guide to Connecticut Apple Marketing

Leonard, Robert L.; Wadsworth, James J. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 1989

The primary objectives of this research are: (1) to identify the preferences of Connecticut apple consumers regarding product attributes and market characteristics; (2) to assess the impact of Connecticut promotion programs on consumer preference for Connecticut grown apples, and (3) to identify...

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Estimation of the Effects of New Brands on Incumbents' Profits and Consumer Welfare: The U.S. Processed Cheese Market Case

Kim, Donghun - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 2004

We estimate the effects of new brands on market competition and consumer welfare in the U.S. processed cheese market. We find that an observed increase in consumer welfare was attributable mainly to an increase in the number of brands in the sample market, while the price effect, which measures...

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Developing opportunities and challenges for mining and agriculture

Pezzini, Mario - Crawford Fund - 2013

sectors. Industrial development needs wellstructured public services and business environments which can support mining and … agriculture as well as manufacturing and knowledge industries. Such development may require more fiscal revenue as a percentage of … GDP than may be available. Government investment in development projects to build local capacity, with or without …

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The roles of agriculture and mining in pro-poor sustainable development in Africa

Mogae, Festus G. - Crawford Fund - 2013

thoughtfully if there is to be sustainable development across Africa as a whole, especially pro-poor sustainable development … development, combined with far-sighted policy, has taken Botswana from being one of the world’s least developed countries in 1966 …

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