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Food Price Spikes and Strategic Interactions between the Public and Private Sectors: Market Failures or Governance Failures.
Jayne, Thomas S.; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
When food prices shoot over import parity, this often leads to social and political unrest and even the toppling of governments. If markets behaved efficiently and in the absence of trade barriers, food prices should not exceed the price in world markets plus the cost of importing it to domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741303
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Obesity and Hyperbolic Discounting: An Experimental Analysis
Richards, Timothy J.; Hamilton, Stephen F. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 37 (2012) 2
Models of rational addiction suggest that obesity is consistent with time-consistent preferences. Behavioral economists … that discount functions are quasi-hyperbolic in shape, and that obesity and drinking are positively related to the discount … rate. Anti-obesity policy, therefore, would be best directed to informing individuals as to the long-term implications of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010918108
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Urban Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Zambia and Implications for Policy
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Rapid urbanization in Zambia means that increasingly heavy demands are being placed on urban food marketing systems. Investment in these systems has been woefully inadequate for many decades, creating supply bottlenecks and health hazards that work against the interests of both farmers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913291
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A New Method to Assess Effects of Food Supply Shocks on Conumption in Developing Countries
Tun, Sovan; Yetley, Mervin J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1985
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Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects Associated with a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
Dharmasena, Senarath; Davis, George; Capps Jr., Oral - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 39 (2014) 2
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages have been widely proposed to combat the U.S. obesity crisis. Most previous work has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186171
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Assessing Potential Technical Enhancements to the U.S. Household Food Security Measures
Nord, Mark - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2012
The statistical measures used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 1995 to monitor the food security of the Nation’s households—the extent to which they can consistently acquire adequate food for active healthy living—are based on a single-parameter logistic latent-trait measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070625
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A Meta-Analysis of Geographical Indication Food Valuation Studies: What Drives the Premium for Origin-Based Labels?
Deselnicu, Oana C.; Costanigro, Marco; Souza-Monteiro, … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 38 (2013) 2
We conduct a meta-analysis of studies estimating price premiums for agricultural products differentiated by Geographical Indication (GI). Models accounting for differences across product characteristics (food categories) and institutions (PDO, PGI, trademarks) explain a large portion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010918082
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Standardized Diet for Metabolic Studies...Its Development and Application
Meyer, Frieda L.; Brown, Myrtle L.; Wright, Harriet J.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1955
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A Short Method of Calculating Energy, Protein, Calcium, Phosphorus, and Iron in the Diet
Hawley, Edith - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1929
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Income and Food Expenditures Decomposed by Cohort, Age, and Time Effects
Blisard, Noel - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932753