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A Legacy of Animosity in the Southern Cone of South America? Attitudes of Paraguayan Consumers Towards Argentina and Brazil

open access: yesRAN
Purpose: This article explores the interconnection between Paraguayan consumer behavior and products from Argentina and Brazil, situating the study within the context of past hostilities (animosity) and present uneven relations among the three nations.
Michael Pisani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILING OF RETAIL CONSUMERS IN ZIMBABWE

open access: yesScholedge International Journal of Management & Development ISSN 2394-3378, 2017
This paper explores the notion of consumer demographic profiling of Zimbabwe by using census and survey data from Zimbabwe’s statistical agency ZIMSTAT. Certain trends emerged by examining secondary data mostly from 1962 when the first comprehensive census was conducted for Africans and non-Africans in Zimbabwe. A number of significant features come to
openaire   +2 more sources

Consumer Culture and the 2011 'Riots' [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper argues that in order to be properly comprehended, the 'riots' of August 2011 must be located in the context of an increasingly consumerist society.
David Moxon
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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross   +2 more
wiley   +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

Consumer acceptance of novel fruits and fruit products

open access: yes, 2010
This report presents results of the consumer survey that was conducted in November, 2009, in four European countries – Poland, the Netherlands, Greece and Spain within WP 1.3 of ISAFRUIT Project.
Kraszewska, M.   +4 more
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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

Effects of Price Shocks to Consumer Demand. Estimating the QUAIDS Demand System on Czech Household Budget Survey Data [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of his paper is to describe consumer behavior in the Czech Republic by estimating a demand system in which demand depends on income and prices, but also on other factors such as age, size of the household, and position on the labor market. We
Kamil Dybczak, Peter Toth, David Vonka
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of consumers' economic and demographic attributes on juice consumption

open access: yes, 2019
This study was carried out to determine the effects of consumers' economic and demographic factors on juice consumption. There were 1152 surveys conducted in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey that include the three cities of Adana, Antalya, and Hatay.
Dagistan, Erdal   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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