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Location, School Characteristics, and the Cost of School Meals
Ollinger, Michael; Ralston, Katherine L.; Guthrie, Joanne F. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 37 (2012) 3
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reimburses schools for meals provided to students participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Reimbursement amounts are based on national average estimated costs of meal production. Food prices, however, vary across the United...
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Health Care Reform and Farm Women’s Off-Farm Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Taiwan
Liao, Pei-An; Taylor, J. Edward - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 35 (2010) 2
universal National Health Insurance (NHI) in Taiwan on off-farm labor force participation (LFP) among farm wives. Our results … 9.6 to 13.6 percentage points. The larger impact was for wives from small farm households. The health insurance reform …
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Infrequent Shocks and Rating Revenue Insurance: A Contingent Claims Approach
Richards, Timothy J.; Manfredo, Mark R. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 28 (2003) 02
Revenue insurance represents an important new risk management tool for agricultural producers. While there are many … on the assumption of a continuous revenue distribution, but discrete events may cause the actual value of insurance to … ignoring these infrequent events in rating GRIP insurance. An empirical example from the California grape industry demonstrates …
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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...
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Health Information Availability and the Consumption of Eggs: Are Consumers Bayesians?
Chang, Hung-Hao; Just, David R. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32 (2007) 01
This study uses a generalized Bayesian updating model to estimate the impact of health information appearing in the popular media on the consumption of eggs. The framework permits us to explore the possible effects of several known psychological biases in learning. Generalized Bayesian learning...
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Polarized Preferences in Homegrown Value Auctions
Hurley, Terrance M.; Yue, Chengyan; Anderson, Neil O. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 38 (2013) 2
Homegrown value-auction experiments are useful for exploring preferences for controversial product attributes. These auctions have emphasized estimating the effect of the attribute on the willingness to pay (WTP) for a product. The likelihood that individuals are willing to purchase any products...
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CHANGES IN THE WELL-BEING OF NONMETROPOLITAN SINGLE-MOTHER FAMILIES: A SEMI-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
Mills, Bradford F. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 27 (2002) 02
In nonmetropolitan areas of the United States, single-mother families contain a majority of children living below the poverty line. Changes between 1992 and 2000 in the economic well-being of nonmetropolitan single-mother families are examined using kernel density estimation and density...
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SOCIAL CAPITAL, TRUST, AND THE AGRIBUSINESS OF ECONOMICS
Wilson, Paul N. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 25 (2000) 01
Economists, including agricultural economists, have a long history of recognizing the importance of the behavioral foundations in decision making while ignoring these observable human dimensions in their economic models. The economics of social capital and trust, two important human...
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Using Both Sociological and Economic Incentives to Reduce Moral Hazard
Richter, Francisca G.-C.; Diaz, Edgar F. Pebe; Brorsen, … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 28 (2003) 02
Economists tend to focus on monetary incentives. In the model developed here, both sociological and economic incentives are used to diminish the apparent moral hazard problem existing in commodity grading. Training that promotes graders' response to sociological incentives is shown to increase...
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Marketing Contracts, Overconfidence, and Timing in the Canadian Wheat Market
Mattos, Fabio; Fryza, Stefanie A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 37 (2012) 3
This paper investigates factors that impact marketing performance in the Canadian wheat market. Using data provided by the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) for six crop years, results indicate that producers were not able to profitably use all marketing contracts offered by the CWB, earlier pricing...
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