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Voluntary simplicity : the Great American Apparel Diet

Wu, Dorothy E.; Thomas, Jane Boyd; Moore, Marguerite; … - In: Journal of fashion marketing and management 17 (2013) 3, pp. 294-305

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Website and social media usage : implications for the further development of wine tourism, hospitality, and the wine sector

Alonso, Abel Duarte; Bressan, Alessandro; O'Shea, Michelle - In: Tourism planning & development 10 (2013) 3, pp. 229-248

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Payments for ecological restoration and internal migration in China : the sloping land conversion program in Ningxia

Démurger, Sylvie; Wan, Haiyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-22

This paper analyzes the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use recent survey data from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a difference-in-difference approach to assess the impact of the policy on labor migration decision. We find a...

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The impact of exchange rate changes on disaggregated agricultural output in Nigeria : a two-stage-least-squares approach

Yaqub, Jameelah Omolara - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 75-89

Agriculture was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy prior to independence and immediately after. Agriculture however, has suffered persistent decline since the 1970s with the exchange rate policy being implicated in the misfortune of this sector. Earlier studies on the effect of exchange rate...

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A growing dilemma of tourism diffusion and sustainability : wows and woes for Bangladesh eco-tourism

Shoeb-Ur-Rahman, Muhammad; Shahid, Rogeya Binte - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 3 (2012) 1, pp. 57-69

Tourism is one of the emerging and fastest growing industries in the world today. It is well said that every twelve tourists creates a new job. Current study discusses the diffusive nature of tourism that demands an inclusion of the concept “sustainability” which in turn creates the...

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The early diffusion of the steam engine in Britain, 1700 - 1800 : a reappraisal

Nuvolari, Alessandro; Verspagen, Bart; Tunzelmann, Nick von - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 5 (2011) 3, pp. 291-321

We examine the diffusion of steam technology across British counties during the eighteenth century. First, we provide new estimates for the regional variations in the timing, pace and extent of usage of steam engines. Our main data source is an updated version of the list of steam engines...

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Erneuerbare Energien : Brandenburg und Bayern führen im Ländervergleich

Diekmann, Jochen; Groba, Felix - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 50, pp. 3-11

Bei der Weiterentwicklung erneuerbarer Energien spielen die Bundesländer eine wichtige Rolle, beispielsweise durch eigene Ausbauziele und die Gestaltung rechtlicher und administrativer Rahmenbedingungen. Die Bundesländer können damit wesentlich zum Gelingen der Energiewende beitragen. Das DIW...

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The rectangular sector-by-technology model: not every economy produces every product and some products may rely on several technologies simultaneously

Duchin, Faye; Levine, Stephen H. - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 1 (2012), pp. 1-11

This paper identifies a fundamental challenge in the development of input-output databases of the world economy intended for analysis of alternative scenarios with a model of the world economy. Primary data sources for individual economies generally do not use the same sectoral classification...

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Cost efficiency, Morishima, Allen-Uzawa and Cross-Price elasticities among Irish potato farmers in Dedza district, Malawi

Assa, Maganga M.; Edriss, Abdi-Khalil; Matchaya, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 59-73

resources at farmers’ disposal, meeting the growing demand will require farmers to follow the efficient path of the farm … production resources. This paper, therefore, is an attempt to measure the cost efficiency of smallholder Irish potato farmers in … technique was used to select 200 Irish potato farmers in Dedza in 2011 from whom input-output data and their prices were …

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The research on relationship among online game endorsement, adolescent involvement and game purchase intention

Wu, Chao-sen; Tsai, Li-fen - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 205-216

This research aims to probe the influence of online game endorsement on adolescent involvement and game purchase intention. Involvement means the perceived importance and interest stimulate. The high involvement means consumers will spend more time considering and collecting data in order to...

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