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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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Altruism and Patience in Choices between Financial Losses - Experimental Findings
Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, 2023 In this empirical study (n = 102), the authors set out to investigate the relation between altruism (measured with the use of individual social discounting rates) and patience (measured with the use of delays) under the conditions of financial losses ...
Adam Karbowski, Bartłomiej Wiśnicki
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Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives: Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency [PDF]
The view that intergenerational distributive justice and efficiency should be treated separately is familiar, yet controversial. This article elaborates the often-implicit justifications for separate treatment and provides a more express statement of how
Louis Kaplow
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Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik +3 more
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PLoS BiologyThe medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has long been associated with economic and social decision-making in neuroimaging studies. Several debates question whether different ventral mPFC (vmPFC) and dorsal mPFC (dmPFC) regions have specific functions or ...
Zhilin Su +7 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Association between ADHD symptoms, physical effort discounting, and unhealthy lifestyles in adults
Scientific ReportsAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition marked by difficulties with attention, increased activity levels, and impulsive behaviour, which can impact social, academic, and work-related performance.
Javier Bernacer +5 more
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Playing a video game is more than mere procrastination
BMC Psychology, 2019 Background Procrastination is seen as a severe problem among young people, and many factors have been claimed to be associated with it, playing video games being one of them. One of the reasons why video games might be related to procrastination is their
Kent Nordby +2 more
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Introduction to social discounting [PDF]
Project Appraisal, 1986 Although engineering or other technical considerations may favour one project over its rivals, an economist may conclude from a discounted cash flow that one of the rivals is actually the best option. This article outlines how and why economists use this approach.
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