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Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Power outages hinder economic development. Although their effects are less pronounced in developed countries, they are more severe in developing nations. Recent literature suggests, in addition to traditional strategies, the adoption of energy management measures as an adaptation strategy to power outages.
Moustapha Mounmemi +1 more
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Biometrics, 1950 [HEI DESIGN of probit assays has been discussed by Finney (1947a) and the main considerations are well known. It is desirable for corresponding doses of the standard and unknown preparations to give approximately the same response, and the range of doses should not be such as to give responses near 100% or 0% as the weights attached to such responses ...
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HOW BIG IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SPATIAL IMPLICATIONS OF MARKET PARTICIPATION BY SMALLHOLDER LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS [PDF]
Identifying ways to increase market participation by smallholder producers requires identifying variables that influence market access. This is usually achieved using probit estimation. An important phenomenon affecting entry decision-making is the entry
Ehui, Simeon K. +2 more
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Mobile Payment Adoption in China: A Comment on Vatsa et al.
Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Vatsa et al. examine the determinants of mobile payment adoption in China. They do so by applying a probit model to data from a nationally representative survey. In this comment, we identify several conceptual and econometric limitations that affect the robustness of Vatsa et al.'s findings.
Muzaffarjon Ahunov, Leo Van Hove
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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models [PDF]
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, marital status, and geographical differences to racial and ...
Robert W. Fairlie
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The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz +6 more
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`Been there done that': Disentangling option value effects from user heterogeneity when valuing natural resources with a use component. [PDF]
, 2009 Endogeneity bias arises in contingent valuation studies when the error term in the willingness to pay (WTP) equation is correlated with explanatory variables because observable and unobservable characteristics of the respondents affect both their WTP ...
Lyssenko, Nikita +1 more
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.This research found that ethyl formate effectively controls adult brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys) regardless of dormancy state or temperature, at concentrations nine times lower than previous studies. Abstract BACKGROUND The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) (BSMB) is a biosecurity threat globally. Its most likely avenue of
Hamish L McKirdy +9 more
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Does the European Union Start-Up Aid Help Young Farmers to Innovate and to Join Networks?
AgricultureThe endurance and vitality of European agriculture are threatened by the aging of farmers, together with the lack of generational change. The small share of young farmers also impacts on the innovative capacity and competitiveness of the sector.
Anna Carbone +5 more
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