Institutional Economics at the Micro Level? What Transaction Costs Theory Could Listen From Original Institutionalism (In the Spirit of Building Bridges) [PDF]
Inertia in academia sometimes obstructs the development of important insights. That is one reason for the specially long gap separating Coase's seminal paper [1937] that laid the foundations of current Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and the efforts of ...
Huascar Pessali, Ramon Fernandez
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Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson +2 more
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Digital Choice Architecture in Medical Education: Applying Behavioral Economics to Online Learning Environments. [PDF]
JMIR Med EducEkstrom V.
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Economic text and acquisition of economic knowledge: A schema-theoretic investigation
, 1990 Economic texts are notoriously inadequate in challenging students to learn economic content or in promoting the scientific method of thinking about economic problems. One possible reason is that authors of economic text have failed to incorporate into their products the latest knowledge from the field of cognitive science about the nature of the ...
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo +5 more
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A Method for Theoretical Innovation in Economics [PDF]
How can more theoretical innovation in economics be stimulated? Clues to the answer can be derived from the work of theorists who have been recognised for their innovative contributions to economic theory and from the philosophy of scientific progress ...
Arnold Wentzel
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong +2 more
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An integrated energy systems planning model based on exergy and exergoeconomic analysis. [PDF]
iScienceZhang X, Ding B, Ding C, Yang P, Wang Q.
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The Effective Design of Managerial Incentive Systems:Combining Theoretical Principles and Practical Trade'-offs. [PDF]
On the use of theoretical developments in agency economics for the practical design of incentive- and performance-based compensation systems.managerial compensation; principal-agent theory; incentive and performance based compensation ...
Alessandro Rossi
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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
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