This study examines the role that the right behavioral cues can play in changing lunchroom habits and transitioning children towards healthier eating habits. We accomplish this by encouraging middle school children to pre-select their meals using a web-based software program where they are...

This paper studies the links between private politics, environmental performance of firms and regulatory activity by the government. Following the terminology coined by Baron (2001), "private politics" refers to the individual or collective actions initiated by public interest and activist...

Recent survey data revealed that many California citrus growers did not know whether or not important beneficial insects were found on their fields while other growers were relying heavily or even entirely on these insects for pest control. Some pesticides are toxic both to the targeted pest and...

During the 1990s, demand for organic products increased on average by 20% each year. This growth in demand fueled growth in organic crop acreage. Between 1992 and 2005, organic cropland more than quadrupled, going from 403,400 acres to just over 1.7 million acres (USDA, 2008). Demand is...

Replaced with revised version of paper 08/06/10.