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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of sample size on optimisation algorithms for the MLP used in the prediction of client subscription to a term deposit [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research
Background One of the disadvantages of the multilayer perception (MLP), which is a machine learning (ML) algorithm used in various fields, includes the uncontrollable growth of the number of total parameters, which may make MLP redundant in such high ...
Tlhalitshi Volition Montshiwa, Tshegofatso Botlhoko   +1 more
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Farmers' Preferences for Fossil‐Free Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers: Role of Prices, Climate, Production Origin, and Identity

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam, Hui Tao, Gordana Manevska‐Tasevska, Per‐Anders Hansson, Vivian Wei Huang, Helena Hansson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of anticipated emotions in self-control: linking self-control and the anticipatory ability to engage emotions associated with upcoming events

Frontiers in Psychology
Self-control is typically attributed to “cold” cognitive control mechanisms that top-down influence “hot” affective impulses or emotions. In this study we tested an alternative view, assuming that self-control also rests on the ability to anticipate ...
Johann D. Kruschwitz, Johann D. Kruschwitz, Thomas Goschke, Thomas Goschke, Elkhansa Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Anne-Carolin Kraehe, Anne-Carolin Kraehe, Franziska Maria Korb, Franziska Maria Korb, Henrik Walter, Henrik Walter   +10 more
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Self-Determination and Meaningful Work: Exploring Socioeconomic Constraints

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
This study examined a model of meaningful work among a diverse sample of working adults. From the perspectives of Self-Determination Theory and the Psychology of Working Framework, we tested a structural model with social class and work volition ...
Blake A Allan, Kelsey eAutin, Ryan eDuffy   +2 more
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Reply to Roger E. Bissell: Thinking Volition

, 2017
The author agrees with much of Roger E. Bissell's critique of the Objectivist idea of volition (in his July 2015 essay, “Where There's a Will, There's a ‘Why’: A Critique of the Objectivist Theory of Volition”), especially as expressed by Leonard Peikoff.
Merlin Jetton
core   +1 more source

Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak, Claudia Bazzani, Andreas C. Drichoutis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Volition and the Function of Consciousness

Faith and Philosophy, 2009
What are the psychological functions that could only be performed consciously? People have intuitively assumed that many acts of volition are not influenced by unconscious information. These acts range from simple examples such as making a spontaneous motor movement, to higher cognitive control.
openaire   +3 more sources

eeg-volition-data-afterica.tar.gz

, 2019
The data contains EEG recordings from 26 subjects under different conditions during making decision between options. There were 2 (or 1 in control condition) options displayed on the screen with reward probability: 20%, 80% or 100%.Data is cleaned from ...
Jiaxiang Zhang (1286778), Wojciech Zajkowski (7506783), Jacopo Barone (7506757), Dominik Krzeminski (7386761)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

History of neuroscience of self-initiated action and volition: recent developments and paradigm shift [PDF]

, 2017
International audienceFor decades several studies have been trying to find the source of ‘intention’ in the brain. Historically, we have two landmark studies.The first one, by Kornhuber and Deecke (1965) lead to the discovery of the readiness potential ...
Schurger, A., Trovó, Bianca
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