Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The California dairy industry has experienced considerable consolidation over the past 30 years. During this period, there has also been substantial technological innovation, implementation of the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, and rapid adoption of anaerobic digesters.
Michael McCullough, Jarrett Hart
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Interacting effects of unobserved heterogeneity and individual stochasticity in the life history of the southern fulmar. [PDF]
J Anim Ecol, 2018 Jenouvrier S +4 more
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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Estimating age-time-dependent malaria force of infection accounting for unobserved heterogeneity. [PDF]
Epidemiol Infect, 2017 Mugenyi L, Abrams S, Hens N.
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Unobserved Heterogeneity of Frailty in the Analysis of Socioeconomic Differences in Health and Mortality. [PDF]
Eur J Popul, 2016 Zarulli V.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
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Flexible yet Sparse Bayesian Survival Models With Time-Varying Coefficients and Unobserved Heterogeneity. [PDF]
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Modeling Unobserved Heterogeneity in Susceptibility to Ambient Benzo[a]pyrene Concentration among Children with Allergic Asthma Using an Unsupervised Learning Algorithm. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2018 Fernández D +5 more
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