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Distribution of Burdens for Providing Agri-environmental Public Goods and Application of Reference Level Framework

Uetake, Tetsuya - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

To secure the provision of agri-environmental public goods such as biodiversity, in many cases, government intervention is necessary. Government intervention means taxpayers cover parts of the costs for the provision. Thus, it is necessary to examine the distribution of burdens for the provision...

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Entrepreneurial Proclivity and the Performance of Farms: The Cases of Dutch and Slovenian Farmers

Verhees, Frans J.H.M.; Klopcic, Marija; Kuipers, Abele - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Farms are advised to be entrepreneurial, but empirical research showing that an entrepreneurial proclivity (EP) of farmers results in better performance is scant. This research will test empirically whether an EP contributes to the performance of farms. We provide a model with hypotheses about...

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Impact of contract-farming in staple food chains: the case of rice in Benin

Vande Velde, Katrien; Maertens, Miet - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

scarce. In this paper, we provide evidence on smallholder contract-farming in the rice sector in Benin. We use cross …

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Vertical Price Leadership on Local Maize Markets in Benin

Kuiper, W. Erno; Lutz, Clemens; van Tilburg, Aad - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

Benin. We show that if the common factor and the long-run disequilibrium error are not explicitly taken into account in …

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An economic evaluation of the effects of business strategy of agro-food industry clusters on export competitiveness in Serbian transition economy

Vanka, Gajo M.; Heijman, Wim J.M. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2013

agriculture and food industry was gained. …

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Influences on consumer attitudes towards CSR in agribusiness

Mueller, Henrike; Theuvsen, Ludwig - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA; … - 2014

Research has highlighted a growing gap between public perceptions of farming and the realities of modern agriculture … and the food industry. A number of food scandals have exacerbated consumers’ critical perceptions of the agribusiness …’ attitudes towards the CSR commitment of agribusiness companies. The results do not confirm Carroll’s distinction between four …

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Transparency in Supply Chains: Is Trust a Limiting Factor?

Frentrup, Mechthild; Theuvsen, Ludwig - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

Transparency has gained much relevance in food chains. This paper summarizes the determinants of transparency and points out that transparency in the sense of effective information exchange needs trust as a mediator in order to become a powerful tool in supply chain management. In addition to...

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Shaping Agribusiness and its Impact on the Competitive Environment of Agricultural Enterprises

Becvarova, Vera - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

agriculture structure and all its sectors, which are more-or-less related to the food and non food sector based upon agricultural …

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The Influence of Social Networks on Food Choices in College Food Courts

Wang, Dan; Grebitus, Carola; Schroeter, Christiane - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA; … - 2014

Obesity is still on the rise, leading to high costs for the obese individual itself but also for society. We analyze the influence of peer effects on food choices in lunchrooms with posted nutrition facts. Data were collected in a lunchroom at a large U.S. university. Groups of four patrons each...

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Auctioning Conservation Contracts and Evaluating the Risk Attitudes of Farmers: Economic Experiments in Japan

Sasaki, Hiroki; Fujie, Takeshi; Kawasaki, Kentaro; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixed payments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmental contracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs....

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