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Spatial price competition and buyer power in the U.S. beef packing industry
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We develop a spatially‐explicit model of the U.S. beef packing industry to study key questions related to competition in an oligopsony setting. Cattle supplies are modeled at the county level, and packing plants' location, capacity, and ownership are taken as given. Packers procure negotiated cattle by competing in prices in each local (county)
GianCarlo Moschini, T. Jake Smith
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Field‐level crop choice responses to weather‐induced yield shocks in the US Corn Belt
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract As climate change increases the frequency and severity of extreme heat events, farmers are expected to face greater variability in crop yields. Using 10 million field‐level observations, this study examines how farmers in the US Corn Belt adjust corn–soybean rotation decisions in response to yield shocks largely driven by weather fluctuations.
Seunghyun Lee
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Global agricultural value chains and food prices
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study the relationship between the extent of participation in global agricultural value chains (GAVCs) and food prices at the country level. Using longitudinal data on a sample of 138 countries for the period 2000–2015 and a shift‐share instrumental variable design, we study how the extent of a country's participation in GAVCs in a given ...
Bernhard Dalheimer, Marc F. Bellemare
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Redefining Purpose: The Effect of the 2019 Business Roundtable Statement on Corporate Tax Strategies
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Business Roundtable (BRT) firms have faced intense scrutiny from investors, media, and the public following their 2019 “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation,” which marked a shift from shareholder‐centric governance to a stakeholder‐focused approach.
Sadok El Ghoul +2 more
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Poverty and Casino Gambling in Buffalo [PDF]
, 2011 The Buffalo Creek Casino will exacerbate Buffalo’s poverty. Casinos, especially urban casinos, attract many gamblers living at or near the poverty line, and problem or pathological gamblers often fall from the middle class into poverty.
Magavern, Sam, Mulé, Elaina
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Gambling addiction and life meaning
, 1999 Addictive Gambling has plagued mankind for thousands of years. However, it has only recently been studied extensively. One proposed cause for addiction, which has been used in studying alcohol and drug abuse, is a lack of meaning in the addict\u27s life.
Plesh, Andrew Bohdan
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Corruption Detection Through Textual Analysis: Evidence From Eurozone Banks
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research investigates the disclosure of banking institutions by analyzing their annual reports to identify the determinants capable of signaling possible corruption scandals. A textual analysis was conducted on the financial reports of 42 Eurozone banks from the period 2013 to 2022.
Rodolfo Damiano +3 more
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Modelling Emotion Based Reward Valuation with Computational Reinforcement Learning [PDF]
, 2019 We show that computational reinforcement learning can model human decision making in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The IGT is a card game, which tests decision making under uncertainty.
Child, C. H. T., Koluman, C., Weyde, T.
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The Bangor Gambling Task: Characterising the performance of survivors of traumatic brain injury [PDF]
, 2017 The Bangor Gambling Task (BGT, Bowman & Turnbull, 2004) is a simple test of emotion-based decision-making, with contingencies varying across five blocks of 20 trials. This is the first study to characterise BGT performance in survivors of traumatic brain
Adams, Malcolm +4 more
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Prefrontal activity during IOWA Gambling Task in young adult women
Behavioural Brain ResearchThis study aims to investigate the relationships between personality traits of impulsivity, using the UPPS-P Impulsive Behaviour Scales shortened version, and prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity during the IOWA Gambling Task (IGT) in young adult women. The study included a sample of 83 young, healthy females (19.8 ± 1.4 years), who voluntarily took part ...
Ferran Balada +4 more
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