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Food waste and pay‐as‐you‐throw systems
Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.Abstract This study assesses the effectiveness of pay‐as‐you‐throw (PAYT) schemes in managing household food waste by comparing volume‐based and weight‐based approaches. Using a utility maximization framework and survey data from Korean households (2019–2022), we find that weight‐based PAYT more effectively reduces food waste by creating stronger ...
Zuyi Wang +2 more
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Storage Under Backwardation: A Direct Test of the Wright-Williams Conjecture [PDF]
Commodities are often stored when the spot price exceeds the future price in a central market. Wright and Williams conjectured that inventories are held in locations far from the central market on these occasions.
Andrew Coleman
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Aplicação da modelação matemática ao cálculo de caudais e prismas de maré em sistemas estuarinos [PDF]
, 2010 Os processos físicos associados à dinâmica das águas estuarinas têm uma influência significativa na variação da sua qualidade química e do seu estado ecológico, sendo a eutrofização desses meios hídricos consensualmente reconhecida como um problema ...
Duarte, António A. L. Sampaio +1 more
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Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.Abstract The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has invested in direct‐to‐consumer initiatives to expand local food consumption and enhance farmers market opportunities. To evaluate the effectiveness of these efforts, this study employs a sample‐selected ordered probit model to analyze consumer perceptions of farmers market performance across four ...
Azita Varziri +2 more
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China's Energy Economy: Technical Change, Factor Demand and Interfactor/Interfuel Substitution [PDF]
With its rapid economic growth, China's primary energy consumption has exceeded domestic energy production since 1994, leading to a substantial expansion in energy imports, particularly of oil. China's energy demand has an increasingly significant impact
Bongguen Kim +3 more
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Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Despite increasing rates of suicidal thoughts and behavior among Latinx populations in the US, no prior research has examined Latinx youth and caregiver disagreement (discordance) in youth‐reported thoughts of death or suicidal thoughts, as well as factors associated with discordance.
Lauren M. O'Reilly +3 more
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Social capital and regional social infrastructure investment: Evidence from New Zealand [PDF]
In this paper we link unique data on local social infrastructure expenditure with micro-level individual survey data of self-reported social capital measures of trust and participation in community activities.
Arthur Grimes +3 more
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Gesinspolitiek en die ouer-kind verhouding [PDF]
, 1998 The family-unit did, in one form or another occur since the beginning of man’s existence. The aim of the unit was to sire children and to provide for them until they reached maturity.
C Maré
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Overview of a Prototype System [PDF]
Water quality in Lake Rotorua has been declining for at least the last 30 years as increased levels of nutrients have entered the lake. Despite significant effort and expenditure, the level of nutrients entering the lake still exceeds sustainable levels.
Kelly Lock, Suzi Kerr
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