La importancia del consumidor en el sistema o complejo agroalimentario, del cual es el último eslabón o estadio, no requiere mayor justificación. Esta importancia se bifurca en una doble vertiente, económica y jurídica, que hacen que el estudio de su protección sea altamente interesante....

A través del estudio de cuatro casos concretos (Canarias, Israel, y los regadíos manchego y almeriense) este trabajo pretende mostrar la relevancia del marco institucional como condicionante de los comportamientos de gestión de recursos acuíferos, poniendo al mismo tiempo de manifiesto la...

Ethics and economics have long been viewed, if not as being incompatible, at least as being at odds with each other. This has often translated in the field of environmental policy and management into radical opposition between supporters of economic performance and environmentalists. It has...

Economic diversity has been promoted as a means to achieve the goals of stability and growth. However, the link between diversity, diversification and economic performance depends on the differences, both conceptually and empirically, between diversity and diversification. Unfortunately, the...

The overall objectives of our proposed paper is to: (a) systematically document the post-reform trends in agricultural performance in Asia, Europe, and the Former Soviet Union; (b) identify the main reform strategies and institutional innovations that have contributed to the successes and...

Structural change in meat consumption has been the focus of many researchers during the last two decades. In this paper we develop a dynamic linear Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model from a cost function that allows for time varying parameters. This model is consistent with inertia in the...

This paper proposes an approach to welfare measurement with random utility models that, in contrast to traditional approaches, incorporates the implications of an individual's observed choice.

The effect of social capital on economic growth is examined using linear regression analysis and U.S. county-level data. Results reveal that social capital has a statistically significant, independent positive effect on the rate of per-capita income growth.