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Peer Effect, Risk-Pooling and Status Seeking: Which Matters to Gift Spending Escalation in Rural China?
Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper is based on our ongoing joint work with Ravi Kanbur. Xi Chen is grateful to Ravi Kanbur for invaluable comments, guidance and encouragement. For comments and suggestions, please direct correspondence to Xi Chen at xc49@cornell.edu.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021114
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A Dynamic Adoption Model with Bayesian Learning: Application to the U.S. Soybean Market
Ma, Xingliang; Shi, Guanming - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Agricultural technology adoption is often a sequential process. Farmers may adopt a new technology in part of their land first and then adjust in later years based on what they learn from the earlier partial adoption. This paper presents a dynamic adoption model with Bayesian learning, in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024951
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Nutritional Effects of Agricultural Diversification and Commercialization in Children in Zambia
Mofya-Mukuka, Rhoda; Kuhlgatz, Christian - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Zambia and particularly the Eastern province have one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. The most vulnerable are the children from rural households which depend entirely on seasonal agricultural production and income, and survive on diets that are deficiency in proteins and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068506
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FOOD –RELATED COMMUNICATION IN HUNGARIAN POPULAR PRESS
Feher, Orsolya; Hajdu, Istvanne - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
The poster analyses some characteristic features of Hungarian food –trade communication. It is obvious, that the communication is often misleading, and tries to follow some trends, without a well-defined strategy. In last years we seen an increasing importance of food supplements.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368345
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Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
Chen, Xi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021580
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Lessons from the California GM Labeling Proposition on the State of Crop Biotechnology
Zilberman, David; Kaplan, Scott; Kim, Eunice; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880946
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The Recovery of Consumer Purchasing Behavior after a Food Crisis: A Case Study of the Melamine Incident in China
Quan, Shiwen; Zeng, Yinchu; Yu, Xiaohua; Liu, Yuanyuan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020822
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Inter-and intra-annual global crop acreage response to prices and price risk
Haile, Mekbib G.; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Braun, Joachim von - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
by changes in prices and their volatility is fundamental for predicting the supply of staple crops and, hence, assessing …-term volatility in food prices. Such aggregate estimates are also valuable to verify whether involved country-specific estimations add …-run elasticities are about 0.05 to 0.25; price volatility tends to reduce acreage response of some crops; comparison of the annual and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916202
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Agricultural supply response to international food prices and price volatility: a crosscountry panel analysis
Haile, Mekbib G.; Kalkuhl, Matthias - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916280
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Impact of Income on Calorie and Nutrient Intakes: A Cross-Country Analysis
Salois, Matthew J.; Tiffin, J. Richard; Balcombe, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
The relationship between income and nutrient intake is explored. Nonparametric, panel, and quantile regressions are used. Engle curves for calories, fat, and protein are approximately linear in logs with carbohydrate intakes exhibiting diminishing elasticities as incomes increase. Elasticities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021201