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Agroecology accounting: biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods from the margins
Lanka, Sanjay V.; Khadaroo, Iqbal; Böhm, Steffen - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 30 (2017) 7, pp. 1592-1613
combines the science of agroecology with the labour theory of value as a theoretical framework. Findings An agroecological … dependence on corporate value chains. A framework using the labour theory of value is used to explain the extraction of surplus … to producer value chains while providing subsidies for the inputs of industrial agriculture. Originality/value There have …
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Revisiting Environmental Kuznets Curve in Sub-Sahara Africa
Ogundari, Kolawole; Ademuwagun, Adebola Abimbola; Ajao, … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 2, pp. 222-231
emissions from agriculture (Agric_GHG) with aim of addressing two key objectives in the study. First, to investigate whether the … that the EKC exists (i.e. as inverted U-shaped) only for all GHG emissions from agriculture. Agricultural production and … agriculture (i.e. all GHG emissions from agriculture) in the region.  …
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Developing an Economic Estimation System for Vertical Farms
Shao, Yiming; Heath, Tim; Zhu, Yan - In: International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 26-51
despite its many advantages compared to conventional agriculture. Significantly, financial uncertainty has been identified as …
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Trends in the Evolution of Organic Food Market in Romania
Sima, Violeta; Gheorghe, Ileana Georgiana - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 7 (2018) 2, pp. 45-55
This article describes how organic farming is a dynamic sector in Romania, which has showed an upward trend in recent years. Although the Romanian market of organic food is still far from the developed markets, an increasing trend in the demand for organic products has appeared among consumers....
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Correlation between the homestay experience and brand equity
Shen, Ching-Cheng; Liu, Der-Jen - In: Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology 6 (2015) 1, pp. 59-72
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the correlation between customer experience and brand equity for a homestay establishment in Eastern Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach – Visitors staying at Yuehetang Rural Residence (YRR) during the month of January 2013 were surveyed,...
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Organic farming
Ma, Wanglin; Ma, Chunbo; Su, Ye; Nie, Zihan - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 2, pp. 211-224
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that influence Chinese apple farmers’ willingness to adopt organic farming, paying a special attention to the role of information acquisition. Design/methodology/approach Given that the selection bias may occur when farmers themselves...
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The Pollution Haven Paradox: Can an Effluent Tax Improve both Profits and Welfare?
Driskill, Robert; Horowitz, Andrew W. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1
Abstract Stringent environmental taxes in high-income countries are assumed to drive dirty industries to low-income countries, but the empirical evidence for ``pollution havens" is surprisingly weak. We demonstrate that a government trying to prevent flight by a ``dirty" durable good monopolist...
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Economic Geography and the Effect of Environmental Pollution on Agglomeration
Lange, Andreas; Quaas, Martin F - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1
Abstract We study how local environmental pollution affects spatial patterns of economic activities when workers can migrate. Based on a New Economic Geography model, we analytically characterize the stability conditions for three different types of equilibria: symmetric spreading, partial and...
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Designing Smarter Regulation with Improved Benefit-Cost Analysis
Hahn, Robert - In: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 1 (2010) 1
markets, which balances benefits and a narrow definition of costs. I then introduce a richer normative theory that considers … costs associated with rent seeking, design and implementation, and raising revenues. The richer theory suggests that the … theory provides guidance on the setting of socially optimal taxes and subsidies. I then explore how the theory needs to be …
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An Empirical Assessment of the EU Agricultural Policy Based on Firm Level Data
Murillo, Carmen; San Juan, Carlos; Sperlich, Stefan - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 227 (2007) 3, pp. 273-294
Summary The study focuses on testing the hypothesis that the subsidy system of the Common Agricultural Reform in 1992 (CAP’92) drove to changes in farm efficiency towards the thereby claimed objectives. With sequential applications of semiparametric methods we succeed to identify the impact of...
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