Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...

Regionale Produkte werden in der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung (GV) bisher eher zufällig in das Speisenangebot integriert. Ihre Verwendung bietet eine Reihe von Vorteilen, die Erhöhung des Anteils ist politisch gewollt. Ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung bei GV-Betrieben der...

A stochastic optimization model was developed to determine optimal testing strategies, costs, and risks for dual marketing of genetically modified (GM) and non-GM wheat in an export supply chain. The optimal testing strategy is derived that minimizes disutility of additional system costs due to...

Periodic shortfalls of organic food have been commonplace in the USA. Shortages, created when demand grows faster than supply, have been exacerbated by relatively slow growth of certified organic farmland (in comparison to growth in retail sales) over the past decade. Organic intermediaries,...