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Solid Biofuel Usage and Households' Behavior Toward Energy Choice in Northwest Ethiopia

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This study analyzed household energy choice behavior in northwest Ethiopia using an integrated energy stacking and decision‐making framework. Evidence shows dominant reliance on solid biomass and a fuel‐stacking pattern, while urban residences, higher income, and education increase clean energy adoption, highlighting the need for pro‐poor, context ...
Habtamu Setargachew Molla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migração e classe criativa: evidências para o Brasil com base em uma análise multinomial

open access: yesCadernos de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, 2019
Recentemente, a literatura econômica tem incorporado a produção artística, cultural e criativa às amenidades urbanas, ou seja, o conjunto de características e atividades capazes de gerar externalidades positivas sobre residentes e visitantes, elevando ...
Verônica de Castro Lameira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insider Ownership and Investment Efficiency

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between insider ownership and investment efficiency in Indian publicly listed firms, utilising panel data spanning 2001 to 2015. It explores how agency conflicts contribute to suboptimal capital investment decisions. Our analysis reveals that increased insider ownership is associated with reduced investment
Bibek Bhatta
wiley   +1 more source

Road characteristics and environment factors associated with motorcycle fatal crashes in Malaysia

open access: yesIATSS Research, 2018
This study aims to determine risk factors contributing to traffic crashes in 9,176 fatal cases involving motorcycle in Malaysia between 2010 and 2012.
Muhammad Marizwan Abdul Manan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Motive and Opportunity: Order Choice in a Limit Order Book With Dispersed Information

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We test predictions of market microstructure theory relating to the determinants of order choice in a limit order book where information is dispersed among traders. Using an experimental limit order book, with a large state space, we find that informed traders exhibit patience, compatible with the ‘waiting game’ behaviour described in Foster ...
James Steeley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting McFadden’s correction factor for sampling of alternatives in multinomial logit and mixed multinomial logit models

open access: yesTransportation Research Part B: Methodological
In this paper, we revisit McFadden (1978)'s correction factor for sampling of alternatives in multinomial logit (MNL) and mixed multinomial logit (MMNL) models. McFadden (1978) proved that consistent parameter estimates are obtained when estimating MNL models using a sampled subset of alternatives, including the chosen alternative, in combination with ...
Dekker, T., Bansal, P., Huo, J.
openaire   +3 more sources

Similarity and substitution: Using pile sorting methods to explore economic behavior

open access: yesJournal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the common intuition that similar products are stronger demand substitutes, this study shows a more nuanced relationship between perceived similarity and utility substitution. Using pile sorting, a method where items are sorted into groups according to their similarity, we conduct large‐scale consumer surveys on purchasing 21 foods for
Jayson L. Lusk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling route choice of Dutch cyclists using smartphone data

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2018
This paper analyzes the GPS traces recorded by cyclists in the framework of the Mobile Mobility Panel throughout the Netherlands. The objective of this paper is to analyze bicycle route choice via network attributes and trip length over a sequence of ...
Silvia Bernardi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collective Risk Taking in Adolescents and Young Adults: Adolescents Take More Risks When Deciding Collectively Than Alone

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescents show a heightened propensity to take risks, relative to other age groups, especially in contexts involving peers. In the current study, we investigated whether peer contexts and age interact to promote collective risk taking, that is, when groups of peers decide to take a risk together.
Gabriele Chierchia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimentos de elección en la estimación de medidas de bienestar y priorización de políticas en Saneamiento Básico

open access: yesSemestre Economico, 2017
El objetivo de esta investigación fue estimar los beneficios económicos potenciales por una mejora integral en la provisión de servicios de saneamiento básico (agua, alcantarillado y tratamiento) mediante el experimento de elección (EE) con modelos logit
Juan Walter Tudela Mamani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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