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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

L’argomentazione machiavelliana sul rischio tra consilium e deliberatio. I capitoli etico-politici (XV-XVIII) del Principe

open access: yesDNA Di Nulla Academia
Although awareness of risk (for both the head of state and the state itself) is an all-pervasive feature in Machiavelli’s works, the ethico-political chapters XV-XVIII in The Prince are particularly useful to highlight this specific argumentative ...
Jean-Jacques Marchand
doaj   +1 more source

Posturing by Romania’s political parties ahead of December elections shows that they are not just competing for power, but for their own survival [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This month has seen massive rallies for Romania’s political parties ahead of parliamentary elections in December, with the European People’s Party holding its congress and the ruling USL alliance hosting an 80,000 strong rally.
Volintiru, Clara
core  

A Comparative Analysis of Public and Private Political Risk Insurance Policies with Strategic Applications for Risk Mitigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Generation of non-classical light is both of fundamental interest and a common condition for quantum information applications (QIA). One feasible type of single photon emitter for QIA is based on semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), due to their atomic-like
Waters, James J.
core   +3 more sources

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

Capital flight and political risk [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates asymmetric effects of monetary policy over the business cycle. A two-state Markov Switching Model is employed to model both recessions and expansions.
Hermes, Niels   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Return and Volatility Spillovers Among Major Cotton Markets

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores return and volatility transmission among major cotton markets. Several events have disrupted cotton supply and demand in recent years, leading to heightened price volatility and significant shifts in market interconnections.
Susmitha Kalli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond evidentiary uncertainty: mitigating political risks in policy designs

open access: yesPolicy Design and Practice
Policy designs occur within complex environments where multiple actors, conflicting goals and multi-layered opportunity-cost calculations must be accounted for before, during and after a decision is made.
Michael Howlett, Andrea Migone
doaj   +1 more source

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