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Networks as determinants of rural migration

Zarnekow, Nana; Henning, Christian H.C.A. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

This paper focuses on networks as determinants of rural migration and the importance of networks in a rural development perspective. Furthermore the impact of public goods and amenities on migration decisions in rural regions is investigated. Special attention is paid on heterogeneity in peoples...

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Some Conceptional Thoughts on the Impact of Social Networks on Non-farm Rural Employment

Traikova, Diana; Mollers, Judith; Fritzsch, Jana; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

Everybody knows: rural regions offer fewer possibilities for non-farm employment than urban areas. For this reason, it was the semi-subsistence farm structures that had to absorb the released workers from the big rural state enterprises and the urban-rural migrants fleeing unemployment in the...

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Social networks and farmer exposure to improved cereal varieties in central Tanzania

Muange, Elijah Nzula; Schwarze, Stefan; Qaim, Matin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

This study uses probit and Poisson models to analyse the determinants of social network links for the exchange of information among 345 cereal farmers and the effects of social networks on farmer exposure to improved varieties in Central Tanzania. Results show that network links are determined...

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A CHOICE-EXPERIMENT BASED ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY: HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMERS WITH CELIAC DISEASE

Zhang, Jing; Steiner, Bodo E. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010

), and outcome confidence (Zakay and Tsal 1993), since perceived ambiguity regarding the effectiveness of the novel health …-risk reducing device affects consumers’ outcome confidence. Results provide some support for loss aversion (Kahneman and Tversky …

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Trust: The Importance of Distinguishing between Different Actors and Dimensions

de Jonge, Janneke; van Trijp, J.C.M.; Renes, Reint Jan; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

between consumer confidence in the safety of food in general and consumer trust in particular institutions and organisations …. The first aim of the study was to develop and validate a scale to measure general consumer confidence in the safety of … study was to investigate to what extent general consumer confidence in the safety of food was related to consumer trust in …

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Dynamics in trade streams in international food supply networks. The case of fresh produce, meat, and cereals

Deiters, Jivka; Fritz, Melanie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

The identification of the most relevant agri-food trade streams serves as the foundation and shows the trading volume in selected countries on which the later research of project e-Trust is based, with particular consideration of the specific role of trust in these transactions and its transfer...

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Trust and Risk in Business Networks: Towards a Due Diligence for Electronic Commerce

Fritz, Melanie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

diligence is a means to reduce perceived risks and uncertainties for businesses and create trust and confidence in the …

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Trust and Electronic Commerce in the Agrifood Sector. A Trust Model and Experimental Experiences

Fritz, Melanie; Hausen, Tobias; Schiefer, Gerhard; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

Opportunities coming from electronic commerce provide interesting support options for the Agrifood sector. However, due to the product specific information asymmetry in the agrifood sector, the anonymity of the medium creates a lack of trust increasing transaction costs to engage in e-commerce....

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Food involvement and food purchasing behaviour

Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Lazaridis, Panagiotis; Nayga … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

This paper investigates the factors affecting product class involvement for food. Factors affecting specific aspects of involvement are also explored. The aim is to determine the factors that affect involvement with food and sketch the profile of consumers more likely to be involved or not...

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The Wine Attributes with the Greatest Influence in the Process of Consumer Choice in Spain

Bernabeu, Rodolfo; Olmeda, Miguel; Diaz, Monica - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

The commercialisation of wine in Spain is problematic due to two concrete circumstances: the decrease in wine consumption because of a consumer shift toward substitute drinks and the greater presence of national and foreign wine in the interior market, which involves an increase in business...

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