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Persuasion: Reflections on Economics, Data and the 'Homogeneity Assumption' [PDF]
This paper discusses issues to do with the empirical basis of modern economics and points towards the need to look more closely at the ‘homogeneity assumption’ that underpins much economic theory.
Adam Fforde
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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach +5 more
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Network topology security analysis and attack detection based on graph neural networks
Discover Internet of ThingsAs the complexity of computer networks continues to rise, the number of security vulnerabilities and problems will also increase. Typical intrusion detection systems may struggle to detect complex attacks.
Zhenhua Yang, Minghong Yang, Qiwen Yang
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THE COST OF INACCURATE CONSUMER INFORMATION: THE CASE OF THE EPA MILEAGE FIGURES
In this study a utility maximizing model is developed which accommodates changing states of information. Rational consumer choices in one state of information can lead to realizing different levels of utility than anticipated.
Sexauer, Benjamin +2 more
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Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel +2 more
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An Applied Information Economics Approach to Assessing Resilience in the Horn of Africa
, 2017 Presentation of An Applied Information Economics Approach to Assessing Resilience in the Horn of ...
Luedeling, Eike
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal +2 more
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Economics for marketing revisited [PDF]
This paper aims to provide evidence supporting the following: that recent theoretical, empirical and methodological advances in microeconomics are decisive to the progress of marketing science. That such a notion is not yet mainstream and uncontroversial,
Cesaltina Pires, Ana Isabel Costa
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