reflect the personal and social benefits of these events. Festivals can increase tourism in the area. These events not only …

In this paper, we review the tourism impact from supported tourism events and measure their economic value to the local …

In this paper, we review the tourism impact from state supported events associated with Texas Rural Economic …

Swinburne University (Langworthy, Howard, Fiona & Mawson, 2006), agri-tourism is a growing phenomenon in Australia …, often most strongly associated with wine regions. Recommendations to improve include creation of tourism regions … factors. South African wineries Bruwer, 2003 identified factors that were helpful in developing a wine tourism market of South …

, Tennessee, and Virginia, taking into account the effect of wealth, revenue risk, and farm program provisions. Estimated …

management strategies under various risk preferences and utility-weighted certainty equivalent risk premiums. Yields, input rates …, risk analysis indicates CRP would be the preferred strategy for some risk-averse managers. …

Selecting the best wheat varieties affects producers’ profit and financial risk. This study identifies the optimal … wheat variety selection using the portfolio approach at various risk aversion levels. Results showed that the optimal wheat … variety selection was significantly affected by changes in levels of risk aversion of decision makers …