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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Economic Freedom Effect on Transaction Cost in the Selected Case Study: OECD Countries [PDF]

open access: yesFaslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2010
Some economists believe that Economies with the higher degree of economic freedom have a better performance than that of planned economies. This group has ranked countries by various indexes of economic freedom to show how to have access to the world ...
Morteza Sameti   +2 more
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Macroeconomic Volatility and Economic Freedom: A Cross-Country Analysis [PDF]

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This paper examines the empirical relationship between business cycle volatility and economic freedom across countries. In a diverse sample of 85 countries, the results suggest a significantly negative relationship between volatility and a broad measure ...
John W. Dawson
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Are all meats substitutes? A basket‐and‐expenditure‐based approach

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship among animal‐based meat and plant‐based meat alternatives (PBMAs) using a basket‐and‐expenditure‐based choice experiment. In particular, we examine whether animal‐based meat products are substitutes or complements with PBMAs.
Clinton L. Neill, Logan L. Britton
wiley   +1 more source

FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: NEW EVIDENCE FROM TUNISIA

open access: yesEconomic Review, 2017
This article investigates the effect of financial development on economic growth conditions well-developed institutions in Tunisia as a case study during the period 1980-2014, using the generalized moment method (GMM) to analyze the panel data.
Zaïbi Oussama   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Economic Freedom and Sustainable Socio‑Economic Development in the EU: An Assessment Based on the Index of Economic Freedom in 2015–2025

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Economic freedom is increasingly recognized as a key element of sustainable social and economic development, significantly affecting resilience and competitiveness, which translates into long-term stability of economies around the world. In this study, we analyze the extent to which state intervention, measured by the level of fiscal freedom ...
Aneta Ejsmont   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Degree of Economic Freedom and Relationship to Economic Growth and Human Development

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Presented in this article is an analysis of the relationship between the Index of Economic Freedom and indices of economic growth, i.e. GDP per capita and the Human Development Index.
Kowal, Krzysztof, Chodak, Grzegorz
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Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

A Random Walk to Economic Freedom? [PDF]

open access: yesThe European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013
Given the wide use of economic freedom in economic literature it is imperative to understand how economic freedom evolves. Results suggest that levels of economic freedom are dominated by random shocks. Using a test for stationarity devised by Westerlund
Witte, Mark David, Hefner, Frank
doaj  

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