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Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Katchova, Ani L. - 2010
The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of...
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Credit rationing of Polish farm households. A theoretical and empirical analysis.
Petrick, Martin - 2004
credit rationingby rural banks. These farms display a marginal willingness to pay for creditof on average 209 percent net of … principal. The willingness to pay is significantlydifferent from individual interest rates for credit that account for … recipientsdemonstrates that the willingness to pay is substantially higher forrationed than for non-rationed farm households.8. An ex …
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Urban Water Restrictions: Attitudes, Information and Willingness to Pay
Cooper, Bethany; Crase, Lin - 2009
stated preference techniquecontingent valuation to investigate consumers’ willingness to pay to avoid urban water …
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Stated Preference Evaluation of Government Budgets
Kerr, Geoffrey N.; Cullen, Ross; Hughey, Kenneth F.D. - 2005
Stated preference approaches are widely used in non-market valuation. However, their potential uses extend far beyond valuation. In particular they can be used to assess efficiency of resource allocations and to design optimal resource allocations. Changes to the government budget were evaluated...
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Economic Inequality and the Urban Environment: The Case of Water and Sanitation
Johnstone, Nick - 1997
This paper looks at the relationship between economic inequality and urban environmental quality in developing countries, with specific reference to the provision of water and sanitation services. The paper explores the consequences of “dual” systems, in which a proportion of a city’s...
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Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
Chen, Xi - 2011
This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.
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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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Non-Credit Services of Group-Based Financial Institutions: Implications for Smallholder Women’s Honey Income in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya
Otieno, Peter Shimon; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Mugivane, … - 2008
This paper analyses the effect of non-credit services of joint liability credit institutions on smallholder women beekeepers’ honey income. The non-credit services offered to the beekeepers are mainly enterprise development services (training on marketing, business, production and subsector...
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2009
Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
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Incentives for Residential Water Conservation: Water Price, Revenue, and Consumer Equity in Florida
Rawls, Colin; Borisova, Tatiana; Berg, Sanford; … - 2010
Economic theory suggests that price incentives can be used to encourage water conservation in residential consumers. Conservation water rates are designed to send price signals that encourage households to reduce discretionary water use in the long term.However, it is not always clear that...
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