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Analysis of country of origin labeling for food products in Taiwan using auction experiment
Chern, Wen S.; Lin, Huei-Ching - 2010
Taiwanese consumers over food and agricultural products produced domestically. It is very important to have rigorous COOL … consumers and food producers stand to benefit greatly with COOL. The COOL would be one of the best instruments to reduce the …
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Job creation and improved consumer health through commercialisation of tiger nut yoghurt: A willingness to pay analysis
Wongnaa, Camillus Abawiera; Adams, Faizal; Bannor, … - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 9 (2019) 4, pp. 1-16
The study assessed consumers' perception and willingness to pay for tiger nut yoghurt developed by Sanful (Pak J Nutr 6 … metropolis. Descriptive statistics, 3-point Likert scale, perception index and the tobit regression model were the analytical …, they considered appearance as the least. The overall mean perception index was 0.67, indicating that consumers had a …
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Perceptions of local population on the impacts of substitution of fossil energies by renewables: A case study applied to a Spanish rural area
Gargallo, P.; García-Casarejos, N.; Salvador, Manuel - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 436-441
Using the perceptions of a sample of 231 people from a Spanish region as a case study, this paper aims to respond to the increasing demand for measurement of economic, social and environmental performance of renewables implementation. First, from this information, the paper analyzes the...
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Machine learning reveals complex effects of climatic means and weather extremes on wheat yields during different plant developmental stages
Schierhorn, Florian; Hofmann, Max; Gagalyuk, Taras; … - In: Climatic Change 169 (2021)
Rising weather volatility poses a growing challenge to crop yields in many global breadbaskets. However, empirical evidence regarding the effects of extreme weather conditions on crop yields remains incomplete. We examine the contribution of climate and weather to winter wheat yields in Ukraine,...
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Dying in an avalanche: Current risks and their valuation
Leiter, Andrea M.; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2008
winter period. Preferences for alternative protective measures (against car accidents and food poisoning) also lead to a … decrease of WTP, while a higher risk perception and personal experience of avalanches reveal a positive influence. We conclude …
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Proportionality of willingness to pay to small changes in risk: The impact of attitudinal factors in scope tests
Leiter, Andrea M.; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2007
Sensitivity (proportionality) of willingness to pay to (small) risk changes is often used as a criterion to test for valid measures of economic preferences. In a contingent valuation (CV) study conducted in Austria, 1,005 respondents were asked their willingness to pay (WTP) for preventing an...
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Dismantling of a breakthrough: the Kyoto Protocol - just symbolic policy!
Böhringer, Christoph; Vogt, Carsten - 2002
We show that U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol is straightforward under political economy considerations. The reason is that U.S. compliance costs exceed low willingness to pay for dealing with global warming in the U.S. The withdrawal had a crucial impact on the concretion of the Protocol...
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Quantifizierung 'gesellschaftlich gewünschter, nicht marktgängiger Leistungen' der Landwirtschaft
Plankl, Reiner; Weingarten, Peter; Nieberg, Hiltrud; … - 2010
In den Diskussionen über die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik nach 2013 nimmt die Honorierung nicht marktgängiger gesellschaftlicher Leistungen der Landwirtschaft eine zentrale Rolle ein. Unterschiedliche Ansichten bestehen darüber, was unter diesen Leistungen genau zu verstehen ist und wie sie...
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The demand for climate protection: An empirical assessment for Germany
Löschel, Andreas; Sturm, Bodo; Vogt, Carsten - 2010
In this paper, we investigate the real demand for climate protection. For this purpose we conducted a framed field experiment with a sample of the residential population in Mannheim, Germany. Participants were endowed with € 40 and given the opportunity to contribute to climate protection by...
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The Willingness to pay for Quality Aspects of Durables: Theory and Application to the Car Market
Mulalic, Ismir; Rouwendal, Jan - 2011
Conventional hedonic analysis measures willingness to pay for attributes on the basis of marginal fixed costs. We argue that in many cases variable costs are also affected by these attributes and that this should be taken into account. We develop a simple model to show that the marginal...
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