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Rao, Yanchao; Guo, Ken; Hou, Jing - In: International Journal of Accounting & Information Management 21 (2013) 2, pp. 133-147

extensions. Findings – The results indicate a high level of voluntary taxonomy extension in Chinese firms' XBRL reports. The … extent of such extension is associated with the percentage of independent directors, combined CEO/chair of the board position … level of taxonomy extension. However, the direction of the result is opposite to what the authors expected. Research …

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Preference for Risk Management Information Sources: Implications for Extension and Outreach Programming

Rejesus, Roderick M.; Knight, Thomas O.; Jaramillo, Mauricio - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37 (2008) 1

This article examines farmersâ€™ preferences for various risk management information sources. Our results suggest that information from risk management experts, in-depth materials studied on their own, and popular press outlets tend to be preferred and are ranked highly by producers. Using...

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THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATIONS IN SHAPING NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY: THE CASE OF SERiA

Florkowski, Wojciech J. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

This paper describes the establishment of the professional organization of agricultural economists in Poland as the response of the profession to uncertainties associated with the transition to a market economy and the demand for socio-emotional goods. This demand and the accumulated social...

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REGIONAL TRENDS IN EXTENSION SYSTEM RESOURCES

Ahearn, Mary Clare; Yee, Jet; Bottum, John S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

In 1914, the Cooperative Extension Service was established to disseminate information about agriculture and home …-related occupations; by the late 1990s, that share had declined to about 1 percent. Today, the Extension System ("Extension") is largely … related institutions. The system has changed along with its audience. The number of full-time-equivalent Extension personnel …

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Constraints to fertilizer use in Nigeria

Banful, Afua B.; Nkonya, Ephraim; Oboh, Victor - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

subsidization. The extension service in Nigeria has a double-edged impact on fertilizer use in the country; not only can their … in Nigeria, this paper presents an analysis of the extension service as well as some perspectives of village extension … agents. We find that the reach of the extension service is severely limited by low staff. The main technology transmitted is …

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A note on the law of large numbers in economics

Berti, Patrizia; Gori, Michele; Rigo, Pietro - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2009

Let $(S,\mathcal{B},\Gamma)$ and $(T,\mathcal{C},Q)$ be probability spaces, with $Q$ nonatomic, and $\mathcal{H}=\{H\in\mathcal{C}:Q(H)0\}$. In some economic models, the following conditional law of large numbers (LLN) is requested. There are a probability space $(\Omega,\mathcal{A},P)$ and a...

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CIMMYT's Formal Training Activities: Perceptions of Impact from Former Trainees, NARS Research Leaders, and CIMMYT Scientists

Cooksy, Leslie J.; Arellano, Elias - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo … - 2006

This report provides information on the impact of CIMMYT training, based on a set of background interviews with center staff, reviews of relevant data and documents provided by CIMMYT, and two surveys: one of research leaders in trainees’ countries of origin and one of participants in CIMMYT...

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THE SHAPLEY VALUE, THE OWEN VALUE, AND THE VEIL OF IGNORANCE

CASAJUS, ANDRÉ - In: International Game Theory Review (IGTR) 11 (2009) 04, pp. 453-457

We show that the Owen value for TU games with a cooperation structure extends the Shapley value in a consistent way. In particular, the Shapley value is the expected Owen value for all symmetric distributions on the partitions of the player set. Similar extensions of the Banzhaf value do not...

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Peri-urbanisation, Social Heterogeneity and Ecological Simplification

Darbas, Toni; MacLeod, Neil; Kearney, Fiachra; Smith, … - Ecosystems Sciences Division, Commonwealth Scientific … - 2010

Peri-urban development pressure on and near Australian coastlines is resulting in the conversion of agricultural land for rural-residential use. The impact of larger and more diverse human populations upon the ecological assets remaining in agricultural landscapes has consequently become a...

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The Trade-off between Agronomic Advice and Risk Management Strategies for Planting Decisions in the Darling Downs Grains Region of Australia

Darbas, Toni; Lawrence, David - Ecosystems Sciences Division, Commonwealth Scientific … - 2010

A decade of sustained research, development and extension (RD&E) effort was undertaken in Southern Queensland’s broad …

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