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Subjective economic welfare [PDF]
Paradoxically, when economists analyze a policy's impact on welfare they typically assume that people are the best judges of their own welfare, yet resist directly asking them if they are better off. Early ideas of"utility"were explicitly subjective, but
Lokshin, Michael, Ravallion, Martin
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Supply chain risk in grain trading: Inventories as real options for shipping grain
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Integrating trading and logistics is an important challenge in commodity trading. Trading and logistics are strategic decisions and are integral to most commodities including grain shipping by rail, in addition to other modes (barges, ocean shipping). There are substantial risks, such as the ordering and placement of rail cars.
William W. Wilson, Jesse Klebe
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Welfare Economics and the Economics of Socialism: Towards a Commonsense Critique. By Maurice Dobb. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. viii, 275 pp. $9.50. [PDF]
, 1970 Robert W. Campbell
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Environmental Regulation, Market Power and Price Discrimination in the Agricultural Chemical Industry [PDF]
Chemical companies generally support environmental regulatory segregation Canadian and U.S. agricultural chemical markets, apparently because it enables them to practice third order price discrimination.
Johnson, James B., Smith, Vincent H.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables is standard in many grocery stores. This mixed methods study aims to identify the role packaging plays in consumer choice and what packaging material consumers prefer. We analyzed data from quantitative stated preference experiments with a quota sample of 485 consumers living in Germany.
Mira Lehberger +2 more
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Localizing vector optimization problems with application to welfare\n economics [PDF]
, 2013 Amos Uderzo
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Identifying welfare effects from subjective questions [PDF]
The authors argue that the welfare inferences drawn from subjective answers to questions on qualitative surveys are clouded by concerns about the structure of measurement errors and how latent psychological factors influence observed respondent ...
Lokshin, Michael, Ravallion, Martin
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether the cost of processing cotton using high‐speed roller gins is comparable to saw gins. The results from a “true” random effect model estimated using proprietary data voluntarily shared by cotton gins operating in Arizona and California showed that the average cost inefficiency for ...
Ram N. Acharya +4 more
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