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Accommodating Complex Substitution Patterns in a Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing [PDF]

open access: yes
We employed a cross-nested logit (CNL) model that permits a rich pattern of substitution among alternatives within a closed form choice model. The specification we employed is ideal for applications with many choice alternatives, such as the 431 fishing ...
Boots, Barry   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Estimating Causal Effects With Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most research questions in agricultural and applied economics are causal in nature: they study how changes in one or more variables (such as policies, prices or weather) affect one or more other variables (e.g., income, crop yields or pollution).
Arne Henningsen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Delinquency of Subprime Mortgages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The lag between the time that a borrower stops making payments on a mortgage and the termination of the loan plays a critical role in the costs borne by both borrower and lender on defaulted loans.
Danis, Michelle A   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Is Technological Heterogeneity the Key to Sustainable Coffee Production Efficiency?: A Latent Class Frontier Analysis in the Traditional Coffee Region of Colombia

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coffee producers deal with uncertainty due to high volatility in coffee prices. To navigate these challenges, producers must balance the tradeoff between higher yield and better quality utilising heterogeneous technologies, such as intensive production methods and environmental management practices.
Orlando Rodríguez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

User Adoption of Electrified Powertrains: Identification of Factors Through Discrete Choice Modelling

open access: yesFuture Transportation
This study identified the main factors affecting car selection decisions through discrete choice experiments based on a large dataset collected in four European countries in 2023 using stated choice questionnaires. The choice set includes six current and
Lorenzo Sica   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Landowners' Willingness to Participate in Temporary and Permanent Agri‐Environmental Schemes

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the EU and beyond, voluntary agri‐environmental and climate schemes (AES) are used to curtail externalities from agricultural production including nitrate leaching, biodiversity degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. This paper investigates and compares Danish landowners' preferences for temporary and permanent AES using a choice ...
Jakob Vesterlund Olsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of the Location of Foreign Direct Investment in the Central and Eastern European Countries Using Multilevel Data [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper employs a novel multi-level data set and a multinomial logit model - to examine the factors explaining 1,223 foreign investment location decisions by firms in the EU(15), Japan, Norway, Russia, Switzerland and the US in 12 Central and Eastern ...
Eric J. Pentecost   +2 more
core  

Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring Multinomial Logit Profiles via Log-Linear Models (Quality Engineering Conference Paper)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research, 2013
In certain statistical process control applications, quality of a process or product can be characterized by a function commonly referred to as profile.
Rassoul Noorossana   +3 more
doaj  

Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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