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Media Usage Patterns of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community of Colorado [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Using a sample of 1,483 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender identified participants at various GLBT-related social and political events, this study describes the media usage patterns and examines differences that emerge in those patterns based on ...
Jared Ostermiller   +2 more
core  

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Economy : Variability and Consistency in the Development of Worker Owned Cooperatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The relationship between worker cooperatives and their social and economic environment has sparked interest among the sociological community for the contradictions and harmony typical of these interactions. However, these studies do not examine how firm
Ramon, Cris
core   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Democracy and the curse of natural resources [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We propose a theoretical model to explain empirical regularities related to the curse of natural resources. This is an explicitly political model which emphasizes the behavior and incentives of politicians.
Cabrales, Antonio, Hauk, Esther
core   +3 more sources

Does ESG Matter for Unlisted Companies in the Agri‐Food Industry? Evidence From Japan's Unlisted Agri‐Food Companies

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ESG (environmental, social, and governance) is emphasized among listed companies for their stakeholders and ESG disclosures, ESG engagement among unlisted companies has been rarely examined due to data limitations. This is particularly problematic for the agri‐food industry that has significant impacts on the environment and consists ...
Ying Wang, Satoru Shimokawa
wiley   +1 more source

THE CATEGORY «POLITICAL BEHAVIOR» IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF SOCIETY

open access: yesСовременная наука и инновации, 2022
The Article is devoted to the analysis of political behavior as a fundamental component of political culture of society. The paper treats the question of the relationship of political culture the concept of political behavior, its place and role in the ...
Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Berkovsky
doaj  

Who Are the Farmers Participating in a Carbon Sequestration Program? Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment in Germany

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting Misinformation: Identifying False News Spread by Political Leaders in the Global South

open access: yesJournal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
We provide and examine an approach for detecting false stories that circulate as text and without hyperlinks, which are commonly found in the Global South.
Valerie Wirtschafter   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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