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Weather risks, crop losses, and risk proneness: An examination of evolving risk preferences of rice farmers in Bangladesh

open access: yesClimate Risk Management
Changing climate poses significant challenges for smallholder rice farmers. Weather-related deviations from longer-term patterns and crop losses due to abiotic hazards can affect farmer risk preferences and drive adaptive responses. In addition, farmers’
W. Parker Wheatley   +3 more
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Optimal economic growth with recursive preferences: decreasing rate of time preference

open access: yesEconómica, 1999
In the field of optimal growth theory, since Ramsey's time it is frequent to maximize a welfare function consisting of the discounted sum of instantaneous utilities, with a constant rate of time preferencie.
Rolf R. Mantel
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Risk aversion, impatience, and adoption of conservation agriculture practices among smallholders in Zambia

open access: yesHeliyon
Sustainable agricultural practices such as conservation agriculture have been promoted in southern Africa for nearly three decades, but their adoption remains low.
Esau Simutowe   +8 more
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What do Iranians value most when choosing a hospital? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
BackgroundIndividual preferences have preceded the use of health care services, and it has been affected by different hospital attributes. This study aimed to elicit the Iranians' preferences in choosing hospitals using a discrete choice experiment ...
Mohammad Ranjbar   +4 more
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