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Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Income Trusts--Understanding the Issues [PDF]

An income trust is an investment vehicle that distributes cash generated by a set of operating assets in a tax-efficient manner. The market capitalization of income trusts has grown rapidly over the past two years, reaching $45 billion at year-end 2002 ...
Michael R. King
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing the Representation of Different Global Regions and National Income-Levels Amongst Invited Speakers and Committee Members at Major International Spine Surgery Conferences. [PDF]

Global Spine J
Dalton J, Baidya J, Huang R, Olson J, Herczeg C, Oris RJ, Narayanan R, Uvarov EV, Patel K, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evidence on the Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Incident Depression From the South African National Income Dynamics Study 2008-2015: Mental Health Implications for a Resource-Limited Setting. [PDF]

Nicotine Tob Res, 2020
Tomita A, Manuel JI.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

End-of-life decision disparities according to the gross national income in critically ill patients: a secondary analysis of the ETHICUS-2 study. [PDF]

Ann Intensive Care
Martin-Loeches I, Sprung CL, Wolsztynski E, Cusack R, Lobo SM, Protti A, Avidan A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trends of Poverty and Income Inequality in Cross-National Comparison

, 2001
Comparative research of poverty, income inequality and the effectiveness of income transfer systems has flourished during the last two decades, largely owing to the contribution of the Luxembourg Income Study project.
Ritakallio, Veli-Matti
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Authors' reply to 'assessments of the performance of pandemic preparedness measures must properly account for national income'. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Ledesma JR, Isaac C, Dowell SF, Blazes DL, Essix GV, Budeski K, Bell J, Nuzzo JB.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source