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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information framing and the impact of nutrition label serving size change

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The framing of information can significantly influence how consumers interpret and respond to it. This paper investigates how the change in serving sizes in Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) affects consumer choices for carbonated soft drinks (CSD). We first estimate a reduced form difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model to document causal effects on ...
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu, Linlin Fan
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Body Size and Weight Control Practices of Adolescents in Rural and Urban Communities in South Western Nigeria

, 2018
Introduction and Objectives: Body size perception has been described as the image of our own shape created in our imagination. Body image perception determines the adolescent engagement in weight control activities, such as bulimia and anorexia.
Oluyemisi F. Folasire, Oladapo B. Oyewole, Babatunde O. Adedokun, David M. Dairo, Idowu A. Ayede   +4 more
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When meta‐analyses mislead: Promises and pitfalls in teratology counselling

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Meta‐analysis has become a central tool for evidence synthesis in clinical teratology, offering the promise of increased statistical power, earlier signal detection and consolidated guidance for teratology counselling. When conducted rigorously and interpreted carefully, pooled analyses can provide clinicians with a structured basis for risk ...
Yusuf Cem Kaplan, Nusret Uysal
wiley   +1 more source

A Strategy Cycle Nexus for Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 Integration: A Global Expert Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of circular economy (CE) practices supported by Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies remains limited, despite their strong potential to enhance sustainable performance (SP). Organizations continue to face practical challenges in identifying effective strategies, enabling technologies, and implementation conditions.
Than'a Alsaoudi, Adolf Acquaye
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Manipulation of Visual Attention Affects Muscularity Perception

, 2023
Objective: Sustained attention to high- or low-adiposity bodies has been shown to influence perceived body size and body dissatisfaction, but it is not known whether attention also affects the perception of muscularity.
Ian Stephen, Kevin R. Brooks, Laura K. Mobbs, Ian David Stephen   +3 more
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The Nature of Racial Bias in the Weapon Identification Task: Discrimination Bias, Response Bias, or Both?

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Weapon Identification Task (WIT), participants more often misclassify innocuous objects (e.g., tools) as weapons after seeing a Black compared to a White male face prime. Racially biased object discrimination (discrimination bias) and biased response tendencies (response bias) have been proposed as cognitive mechanisms underlying this ...
Ruben Laukenmann, Edgar Erdfelder
wiley   +1 more source

Does College Education Promote Healthier Behaviors? Evidence From Demographic Distortion Caused by Japanese Superstition

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigated the causal effects of a college education on smoking, drinking alcohol, sleeping, and site‐specific cancer‐screening behaviors in Japan. To adjust for endogeneity, we leveraged a unique instrument—demographic distortion caused by a behavior based on a superstition.
Yichen Shen, Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi
wiley   +1 more source