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A mixed-method approach for determining the risk and complexity farmers associate with using forward contracts
Jackson, Elizabeth; Quaddus, Mohammed; Islam, Nazrul; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2008
, the sources of risk wool producers perceive about using forward contracts and, secondly, why ‘complexity’, which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989430
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Inducing Strategic Bias: and its implications for Choice Modelling design
Burton, Michael - 2010
It has been suggested that the nature of the task within a multi-attribute multi-alternative choice experiment may be sufficiently complex to make it difficult for individuals to develop response strategies to strategically bias their answers. This experiment tested that hypothesis by setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442737
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Beyond Economic Efficiency in Biodiversity Conservation
Gatzweiler, Franz W.; Volkmann, Jorg - Department für Agrarökonomie, Humboldt-Universität Berlin - 2007
deal with complexity in biodiversity conservation. While the efficiency stance refers to the realm of relatively simple … systems, individual rationality, and instrumental values, the complexity stance transcends these boundaries into the realm of … methods which are from the complexity stance, take better account of intrinsic values and feelings, as well as consider social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005338875
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An Emergent Economics of Ecosystem Management
Hearnshaw, Edward J.S.; Cullen, Ross; Hughey, Kenneth F.D. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Economics is an evolving and emerging field of study, so is the management of ecosystems. As such, this paper delineates the co-evolution of economic evaluation that reflects the various recognized ecosystem management approaches of anticipative, adaptive and capacitive ecosystem management....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324368
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Inducing Strategic Bias: and its implications for Choice Modelling design
Burton, Michael P. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
It has been suggested that the nature of the task within a multi-attribute multi-alternative choice experiment may be sufficiently complex to make it difficult for individuals to develop response strategies to strategically bias their answers. This experiment tested that hypothesis by setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693252
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An Emergent Economics of Ecosystem Management
Hearnshaw, Edward J.S.; Cullen, Ross; Hughey, Kenneth F.D. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Economics is an evolving and emerging field of study, so is the management of ecosystems. As such, this paper delineates the co-evolution of economic evaluation that reflects the various recognized ecosystem management approaches of anticipative, adaptive and capacitive ecosystem management....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805752
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The social impact of advice during disability welfare reform : from social return on investment to evidencing public value through realism and complexity
Farr, Michelle; Cressey, Peter - In: Public management review 21 (2019) 2, pp. 238-263
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Creating social and environmental value through integrated thinking : international evidence
Reimsbach, Daniel; Braam, G. J. M. - In: Business strategy and the environment 32 (2023) 1, pp. 304-320
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014266598
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Alkalmazkodás a klímaváltozáshoz
Gazdag, Laszlo - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 53 (2009) 1
A várható változásokkal szemben nem védekezni kell, hanem alkalmazkodni. A klímaváltozás is ilyen kihívást jelent. Aki gyorsan és jól alkalmazkodik, az előnybe kerül másokkal szemben. Be kell rendezkednünk a növekvő időjárási amplitúdók, a szélsőséges körülmények...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008641935
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Modeling and Pricing Rain Risk
Musshoff, Oliver; Odening, Martin; Xu, Wei - 2006
In this paper we price a precipitation option based on empirical weather data from Germany using different pricing methods, among them Burn Analysis, Index Value Simulation and Daily Simulation. For that purpose we develop a daily precipitation model. Moreover, a decorrelation analysis is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442531