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Employing Real Options Methodology for Decision Making in Greenhouse Technology
Tzouramani, Irene; Mattas, Konstadinos - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002
Latest developments in investment analysis offer a number of valuable insights into how to evaluate investment … of timing are conditions that net present value does not include but they alter the investment decision in critical way … investment decisions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525726
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Investment in irreversible irrigation technology under uncertainty
Hafi, Ahmed; Heaney, Anna; Beare, Stephen - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
and improved water quality. Policy objectives may include incentives for investment in efficient irrigation technologies …. However, the presence of large, sunk investment and the uncertainty of future returns will have an impact on the efficiency of … Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area is used to quantify the effect of sunk investment cost and uncertainty of future returns on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914800
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Investment and Change in the Coconut Industry of North Sulawesi: An Equilibrium Displacement Analysis
Henderson, Benjamin B.; Henry, Lynn A.; MacAulay, T. Gordon - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
The coconut industry of North Sulawesi is dominated by a small number of products which are primarily exported from the province. Accordingly, demand for these products is generally very elastic. Conversely, the supply of coconuts is highly inelastic, especially in the short to medium-term....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914781
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Development of Rural Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Desarrollo de las economías rurales en América Latina y el Caribe
Berdegué, Julio A.; Piñeiro, Martín; Escobar, Germán; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Poverty has a high social cost for countries of the region: it negatively affects all aspects of society because of migration to the cities, destabilizing political consequences, and the pressures that poverty exerts on the environment. This book looks for new ways to alleviate rural poverty,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943434
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Development of Rural Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Desarrollo de las economías rurales en América Latina y el Caribe
Berdegué, Julio A.; Piñeiro, Martín; Escobar, Germán; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Poverty has a high social cost for countries of the region: it negatively affects all aspects of society because of migration to the cities, destabilizing political consequences, and the pressures that poverty exerts on the environment. This book looks for new ways to alleviate rural poverty,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772379
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Investment Behavior of Ugandan Smallholder Farmers: An Experimental Analysis
Ihli, Hanna Julia; Musshoff, Oliver - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2013
In this study, we experimentally analyze the investment behavior of smallholder farmers in Uganda. We consider a … options approach and the classical investment theory can predict farmers’ investment behaviors. We also examine differences in … the investment behavior with respect to the presence of a price floor, which is often used to stimulate investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880186
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Understanding the Investment Behavior of Ugandan Smallholder Farmers: An Experimental Analysis
Ihli, Hanna Julia; Musshoff, Oliver - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
In this study, we experimentally analyze the investment behavior of smallholder farmers in Uganda. We ascertain whether …, and to what extent, the real options approach and the classical investment theory can predict farmers’ investment … behaviors. We also examine differences in the investment behavior with respect to the presence of a price floor, which is often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880992
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Corruption and economic growth in Lebanon
Farida, Moe; Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008
empirical evidence suggesting that corruption increases inefficiencies in government expenditure and reduces investment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005500661
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Mozambique's industrialization
Cruz, António; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, Constantino Pedro - 2014
After the Second World War, Mozambique went through a series of transformations, from an incipient industrializing colonial society to an independent country with a central planned economy, plus a regional and internal war, and finally from 1994 onwards, a multi-party democracy with a mix of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260004
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Burn now or never? : climate change exposure and investment of fossil fuel firms
Adolfsen, Jakob Feveile; Heissel, Malte; Manu, Ana-Simona; … - 2024
We investigate the impact of expectations about future climate policy on investment decisions of fossil fuel firms. Our … empirical analysis reveals that firms with greater exposure to climate change significantly increased their investment in … response to the Paris Agreement, in contrast to firms with lower exposure. Importantly, investment was directed towards …
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