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Modelling International Tourism Demand and Uncertainty in Maldives and Seychelles: A Portfolio Approach [PDF]

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Maldives and Seychelles in the Indian Ocean are small island tourism economies (SITEs), both of which have relatively small populations, territorial sizes, land area and narrow productive bases.
Michael McAleer, Riaz Shareef
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Animal‐Based Brands Taking the Plant‐Based Opportunity: A Tasting Experiment Exploring Consumer Acceptance of Plant‐Based Brand Extensions

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Let us pray: religious interactions in life satisfaction [PDF]

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We use recent pooled survey data on 90 000 individuals in 26 European countries to examine religious spillover effects on life satisfaction. Own religious behaviour is positively correlated with individual life satisfaction.
Andrew E. Clark, Orsolya Lelkes
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Phase‐Change Alloys Enable Localized Reversible Stiffening and Actuation in Steerable Eversion Tip‐Growing Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work presents a tip‐growing eversion robot that uses phase‐changing alloys for reversible stiffening and localized actuation, achieving 43× stiffness modulation, 15× force amplification, and segmental steering. The system enables precise navigation and force delivery in constrained, tortuous pathways.
Shamsa Al Harthy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Dissonance, Pessimism, and Behavioral Spillover Effects [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper reports results from a unique two-stage experiment designed to examine the spillover effects of optimism and pessimism. In stage 1, we induce optimism or pessimism onto subjects by randomly assigning a high or low piece rate for performing a ...
David L. Dickinson, Robert J. Oxoby
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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spillover Effects among the Greater China Region Stock Markets [PDF]

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This paper explores the linkages between the different stock markets in the Greater China region. Cointegration tests indicate that the three markets are not cointegrated.
Anders C Johansson, Christer Ljungwall
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