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Seasonality, capital inflexibility, and the industrialization of animal production [PDF]
Among prominent recognized features of the industrialization of animal production over the past half century are growth in the stock of inflexible, or use-dedicated capital, as an input in production, and growth in productivity.
Hennessy, David A., Roosen, Jutta
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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Frontiers in VirologyBackgroundEnteroviruses (EV) constitute a diverse group of viruses manifesting a broad spectrum of clinical presentations in humans ranging from mild skin manifestations to more severe central nervous system (CNS) infection.
Caroline Klint Johannesen +7 more
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Seasonality in revisions of macroeconomic data
We analyze five vintages of eighteen quarterly macroeconomic variables for the Netherlands and we focus on the degree of deterministic seasonality in these series. We document that the data show most such deterministic seasonality for their first release
Franses, Ph.H.B.F., Segers, R.
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Modelling Seasonality An Extension of the HEGY Approach in the Presence of Two Structural Breaks [PDF]
In this paper the HEGY testing procedure (Hylleberg et al. 1990) of analyzing seasonal unit roots is tried to be re-examined by allowing for seasonal mean shifts with exogenous break points. Using some Monte Carlo experiments the distribution of the HEGY
Ozlem Tasseven
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Journal of HydroinformaticsThis study introduces an improved version of the harmonic oscillator seasonal trend (HOST) model framework to accurately simulate medium- and long-term changes in extreme events, focusing on streamflow droughts in the Mobile River catchment.
Krzysztof Raczyński, Jamie Dyer
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina +1 more
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Researching Aspects of Sustainable Food Consumption in Slovakia
Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable DevelopmentThe main goal of the article is to understand the motives related to sustainable development that guide consumers when choosing food. For this understanding, we will use a comprehensive and proven method for measuring sustainability motives – the ...
Haščik Štefan +1 more
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