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Can Agribusiness Feed 3 Billion New Peopleâ€¦and Save the Planet? A GLIMPSE into the Future

Connolly, Aidan J.; Phillips-Connolly, Kate - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) B

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Investment Potential for New Sugarcane Plants in Brazil Based on Assessment of Operational Efficiency

Junior, Salgado; Pereira, Alexandre; Carlucci, Fabio … - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) 2

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Análise dos determinantes do endividamento das empresas de capital aberto do agronegócio brasileiro

Bressan, Valeria Gama Fully; Lima, Joao Eustaquio de; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 47 (2009) 1

leverage in the Brazilian agribusiness sector using the model of Rajan and Zingales (1995). In the definition of the sample … there were selected 26 companies that are classified in one of three subdivisions of the Brazilian agribusiness sector: a … statiscally significant as determinant factors of the debt structure of Brazilian agribusiness companies. It is also possible to …

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The Environment for Agricultural and Agribusiness Investment in India

Landes, Maurice R. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2008

Despite strong overall economic growth and strengthening food demand, investment in Indian agriculture and agribusiness …

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The New Roadmap for Measuring and Valuing Carbon in the Agribusiness Sector

Williams, Dawson - USDA Economists Group - 2009

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Why Do Livestock Farmers Participate in Voluntary Environmental Programs? An Empirical Study of the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP)

Chantorn, Charapon - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013

Previous studies have identified regulatory preemption and differentiation as two main motives for participation in voluntary environmental programs (VEPs). This research examines the motivations of livestock farmers to participate in the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program...

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A model-based approach to moral hazard in food chains - What contribution do principal-agent-models make to the understanding of food risks induced by opportunistic behaviour?

Hirschauer, Norbert - 2004

Food risks may be caused by moral hazard, i.e. by opportunisticbehaviour of upstream sellers who exploit the fact that many foodproduct qualities remain uncertain to downstream buyers in thecourse of conventional market transactions (credence qualities).Due to this lack of market transparency...

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A model-based approach to moral hazard in food chains - What contribution do principal-agent-models make to the understanding of food risks induced by opportunistic behaviour?

Hirschauer, Norbert - In: German Journal of Agricultural Economics 53 (2004) 5

Food risks may be caused by moral hazard, i.e. by opportunistic behaviour of upstream sellers who exploit the fact that many food product qualities remain uncertain to downstream buyers in the course of conventional market transactions (credence qualities). Due to this lack of market...

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Discussion: Revisiting Macroeconomic Linkages to Agriculture: The Impact of Macroeconomic Variables and the Oil Sector on Farm Prices and Income

Penson, John B. - 2010

Periodically, events occur in the domestic and global economies that remind agriculturaleconomists that macroeconomics matter. This was evident in the early 1980s when theFederal Reserve responded to double-digit inflation by driving interest rates to post–World War II period highs. The Asian...

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Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency

Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2010

This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...

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