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An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight

Chen, Yanni; Huffman, Wallace E. - 2009

obesity for females but not for males. A larger BMI at age 25 has wage effects later in life and also increases the …, opportunity cost of time, occupation, marital status, race and ethnicity) and his or her BMI at age 25. These decisions are … represented by a trivariate probit model that is fitted to data for adults in the NLSY79 panel with geocodes that have been …

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The social and economic determinants of obesity: an empirical study in Italy

Banterle, Alessandro; Cavaliere, Alessia - 2009

Obesity problems are no longer limited to the USA as, in recent years, obesity rates in the EU countrieshave increased … existence of a negative externality connected with obesity. Several studies have investigatedthe private and social costs of … obesity, and possible interventions to reduce this pathology. Moreover, a number ofeconomic studies deals with the analysis of …

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Intergenerational transfers and the social discount rate

Howarth, R.B.; Norgaard, R.B. - 2008

This paper investigates the relationship between intergenerational asset transfers and the choice of the discount rate for use in cost-benefit analysis in a model of a competitive overlapping generations economy constrained by a socially managed exhaustible resource. Provided that there are no...

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Intergenerational transfers and the social discount rate

Howarth, R.B.; Norgaard, R.B. - 2008

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The Determinants of Self-Employed Income in a Regional Economy

Swindall, Devin C.; Willis, David B.; Boys, Kathryn A.; … - 2011

Supporters claim that entrepreneurship is critical to building and sustaining the regional economies of urban and rural areas across the nation. Proponents argue that economic development practices that enhance and support entrepreneurship are essential because they cultivate innovation which,...

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New developments in fruit and vegetables consumption in the period 1999-2004 in Denmark - A quantile regression approach

Hansen, Aslak H. - 2008

The development in the consumption of fruit andvegetables in the period 1999-2004 in Denmark wasinvestigated using quantile regression and two previouslyoverlooked problems were identified. First, the change in theten percent quantile samples decreased. This could have beencaused by changes in...

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Forecasting the consumption effect of taxing foods containing saturated fat

Hansen, Aslak H. - 2009

The purpose of the current paper is to explain how one can forecast the effect of an elected tax on saturatedfat on the demand for butter. The tax is to take affect from the first of January 2010 in Denmark. The tax is supposedto affect the consumption of saturated fat and especially high...

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Applying regression quantiles to farm efficiency estimation

Kaditi, Eleni A.; Nitsi, Elisavet I. - 2010

This article is concerned with the methodological question of frontier production functions estimation for agriculture, and the appropriateness of regression quantiles, as a useful semi-parametric approach. Better insights are reached using the proposed methodology that provides robust farm...

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A two-stage productivity analysis using bootstrapped Malmquist index and quantile regression

Kaditi, Eleni A.; Nitsi, Elisavet I. - 2009

This paper examines the effects of farm characteristics and government policies in enhancing productivity growth for a sample of Greek farms, using a two-stage procedure. In the 1st-stage, non-parametric estimates of Malmquist index and its decompositions are computed, while a bootstrapping...

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The Effect of Prior Gains and Losses on Current Risk-Taking Using Quantile Regression

Mattos, Fabio; Garcia, Philip - 2009

This paper investigates the dynamics of sequential decision-making in agricultural futures andoptions markets using a quantile regression framework. Analysis of trading records of 12 traderssuggests that there is great heterogeneity in individual trading behavior. Traders responddifferently to...

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