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Rationality, Behavioural Economics and Amartya Sen

open access: yesJournal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2019
Recent developments in behavioural economics have posed a serious challenge to the assumption of rational choice underlying economic models. In particular, a number of so-called ‘anomalies’ in actual behaviour have been identified that are claimed to ...
S. Osmani
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

FOOD WASTE THROUGH THE LENS OF ECONOMIC THEORY: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
Food waste constitutes a major challenge for modern economic systems, generating economic, social, and environmental losses and exposing limitations of market mechanisms in achieving efficient resource allocation.
Sylwia Łaba
doaj   +1 more source

Criticism Of Behavioural Economics: Attacks Towards Ideology, Evidence And Practical Application

open access: yesJournal of WEI Business and Economics, 2019
During the last few decades the field of behavioural economics has been forming incorporating insights from psychology in economics. Behavioural economics has been growing and gaining increasing importance both as an academic discipline and a practically
Līga Pūce
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Labeling Quality or Quantity? The Differential Impact of Geographical Indications on Export Performance in Turkish Agri‐Food Products

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of geographical indication (GI) certification on the export performance of Turkish agri‐food products by analyzing both trade volume and unit value dynamics. Drawing on monthly data from 2000 to 2024 across 22 GI‐certified products, the research employs product‐level regressions, fixed‐effects panel models ...
Ihlas Sovbetov, Muge Burcu Ozdemir
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemic related changes in social interaction are associated with changes in automatic approach-avoidance behaviour

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
People’s natural tendencies to either approach or avoid different stimuli in their environment are considered fundamental motivators of human behaviour.
Amanda Henwood, Mike Rinck, Dario Krpan
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioural economics vs social practice theory: Perspectives from inside the United Kingdom government

open access: yesEnergy Research & Social Science, 2018
This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the role of the social sciences in influencing energy and environmental policy. It presents the views of research professionals inside government on the apparent stand-off between proponents of behavioural ...
Sam Hampton, R. Adams
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy, the Environment and Behaviour Change: A survey of insights from behavioural economics

open access: yes, 2012
Evidence of climate change is largely undisputed but moderating the impacts not only of climate change but also of resource depletion is a complex, multi-faceted problem. Technical solutions will have a large role to play but engineering behaviour change

core   +2 more sources

The Radicalisation Cascade: Using Behavioural Economics to Understand how People are Influenced towards Violent Extremes by al-Qaeda and ISIS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The study of radicalisation towards violent extremism using behavioural economics as a framework to organise and understand influence is an emergent area of scholarship as are the effects of exposure to terrorist and violent extremist content.
Matejic, Nicole
core   +1 more source

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