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Analysis of Media Agenda-Setting Effects on Consumer Confidence in the Safety of the U.S. Food System [PDF]

open access: yes
Results from continuous tracking of consumer confidence and media coverage of food safety events over a 67 week period between May 2008 and August 2009 are reported.
Bharad, Abhishek Bhagwat   +4 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

Ordered probit Bayesian additive regression trees for ordinal data

open access: yesStat
Bayesian additive regression trees (BART) is a nonparametric model that is known for its flexibility and strong statistical foundation. To address a robust and flexible approach to analyse ordinal data, we extend BART into an ordered probit regression framework (OPBART).
Jaeyong Lee, Beom Seuk Hwang
openaire   +2 more sources

Fear of floating and fear of pegging: An empirical anaysis of de facto exchange rate regimes in developing countries [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper uses a panel probit model with simultaneous equations to explain the joint determination of de facto and de jure exchange rate regimes in developing countries since 1980.
von Hagen, Jürgen, Zhou, Jizhong
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Surveying the Farmer Survey: A Synthesis of Research Practices in the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research based on farmer surveys is a cornerstone of agricultural economics. Farmer surveys provide unique insights into behavioural variables—such as values, motivations, attitudes, behaviours, and preferences—that are unavailable in secondary datasets.
Thomas Slijper   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life Satisfaction and Grandparenthood: Evidence from a Nationwide Survey [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper tests whether there is a potential payoff to grandparenthood in terms of life satisfaction. Using the new nationwide survey for the UK, which consists of over 5,000 grandparents and 6,000 non-grandparents aged 40 and above, and a flexible ...
Powdthavee, Nattavudh
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ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI TINGKAT KEMISKINAN DENGAN METODE REGRESI PROBIT ORDINAL (Studi Kasus Kabupaten/ Kota di Jawa Tengah Tahun 2013) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
According to BPS, Central Java is third in terms of the number of poor people in Indonesia. The overall number of poor people in Central Java in 2013 was 4.811.300 inhabitants.
Alin Citra, Suardi
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Contract Labour, Job Quality and Turnover Intention—Evidence From Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Labour contracting, where intermediaries provide farmers with migrant workers, plays a central role in meeting the demand for seasonal labour on labour‐intensive farms. Yet this system poses underresearched challenges for both workers and farmers.
Olayinka Aremu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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