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Stabilizing the economic base of Palmdale, California : an applied economic geography study
, 1982 This thesis investigates the types of commercial and industrial activities that would best expand and stabilize the economic base of Palmdale and the surrounding region. There are two objectives.
Kinzell, LaMoyne Berger
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied 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
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Winery Names of Northern Greece and Their Contribution to Wine Communication Strategies
BeveragesWhen it comes to wine communication, winery names can serve as multidimensional communication mechanisms. Their various aspects of communication concern the historical context, tourism geography, socio-economic tourism development, wine knowledge, and ...
Theodosios Tsiakis, Eleni Anagnostou
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan +8 more
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CONTINUITY OF ECOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION IN ECONOMIC UNIVERSITIES
Вестник Самарского государственного технического университета. Серия: Психолого-педагогические науки, 2015 The article deals with the preparation of environmentally conscious specialists in university an economic profile. Presents the views of scientists A.A. Virbitskiy, I.D. Zverev, I.T. Suravegina, A.N. Zakhlebnyi, S.D. Deryabo, V.A.
Il’gizar T. Gaisin +2 more
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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Economic Geography, Comparative Advantage and Trade within Industries: Evidence from the OECD [PDF]
A large share of world trade, especially among the OECD countries, is two-way trade within industries, so called intra-industry trade. Despite this, few attempts have been made to examine why countries export some products within industries, whereas they
Torstensson, Johan, Greenaway, David
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ConfinsOur century witnesses the expansion of the digitization of the territory, with the adoption and use of information and communication technologies. The penetration of this phenomenon has recently been reinforced due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its ...
Paulo Fernando Jurado da Silva
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Gazi Akademik Bakış, 2019 Without resorting to military power and political coercion measures, soft power, which can be interpreted as influencing or transforming other actors in favor of its own interests, especially in the context of economic/commercial reward mechanisms and ...
Göktürk TÜYSÜZOĞLU
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