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Determinants of land management technology adoptions by rural households in the Goyrie watershed of southern Ethiopia: Multivariate probit modeling estimation

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Land management technology (LMT) adoption is one of Ethiopia's crucial strategies to combat soil depletion and promote agricultural production. However, there is scant information concerning the intensity, interdependent nature, and households' decision ...
Dessalegne Chanie Haile, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh, Mulugeta Debele Bedhane, Abren Gelaw Mekonnen   +3 more
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Analyzing tourists' satisfaction: A multivariate ordered probit approach [PDF]

Tourism Management, 2010
Abstract This article considers a Bayesian estimation of the multivariate ordered probit model using a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method. The method is applied to unit record data on the satisfaction experienced by tourists. The data were obtained from the Annual Report on the Survey of Tourists' Satisfaction 2002, conducted by the Department of
openaire   +2 more sources

Development of Pentaplex Reverse Transcription Droplet Digital PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection and Absolute Quantification of HIV‐1, HIV‐2, HCV, and HBV With Internal Control

ELECTROPHORESIS, EarlyView.
Development of Pentaplex reverse transcription droplet digital PCR assay for simultaneous detection and absolute quantification of HIV‐1, HIV‐2, HCV, and HBV with internal control. The channel‐resolved multiplex strategy enables high sensitivity, robust quantification, and scalable digital PCR workflows across platforms.
Soo Yeon Lim, Un Na Koh, Ah Leum Kim, Yebin Kim, Ga Eun Kim, Si‐Keun Lim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Double burden: How commuting and childcare responsibilities relate to life dissatisfaction and obesity among Chinese women

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Commuting time is closely associated with both life dissatisfaction and obesity, particularly for working women with childcare responsibilities. This study uses childcare time as an indicator of childcare intensity to examine how commuting time and ...
Xue Wang, Suwei Feng
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An Analysis of the Determinants of Job Satisfaction when Individuals’ Baseline Satisfaction Levels May Differ [PDF]

A growing literature seeks to explain differences in individuals’ self-reported satisfaction with their jobs. Most of the accumulated evidence so far has, however, been based on cross-sectional data and when panel data have been used, individual ...
Tor Eriksson, Paul Frijters, Anna Cristina D’Addio   +2 more
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Term Spread Volatility as a Leading Indicator of Economic Activity

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we examine the macroeconomic predictive power of the volatility of the US Treasury yield curve slope (term spread volatility). Our forecasting exercise shows that US term spread volatility has significant predictive power for US industrial production and employment growth.
Anastasios Megaritis, Dimitrios Bakas, Theodora Bermpei, Athanasios Triantafyllou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Coincident Information in Real‐Time Business Cycle Forecasting

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Official NBER recession dates are announced with substantial delay. Therefore, real‐time forecasters cannot condition on the most recent business cycle states even though recessions and expansions are highly persistent. I study whether real‐time coincident releases can substitute for this missing information. At each monthly forecast origin, I
Visa Kuntze
wiley   +1 more source

Do Patients Value the Service Provided by Physicians Who Overbill? A Willingness‐to‐Pay Study Using French Survey Data

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Outpatient specialist physicians in France can work either in the regulated sector, where they charge the regulated fee, or in the unregulated sector, where they set their own fees above the regulated fee. This context provides a unique opportunity to estimate the extent to which patients value services provided under balance billing.
Karine Lamiraud, Radu Vranceanu
wiley   +1 more source

What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

To Compare Customer Satisfaction via Luxury Hotel Cases-An Application of Ordered Probit Model

, 2012
[[abstract]]ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to analyze and compare customer satisfaction in the luxury hotel cases between Taiwan and Mongolia. Kano model is used to analyze the target population of customers of luxury hotel via questionnaire survey.
Baigaltugs, Tsatsral
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