Multiple sectors within U.S. crop industries - - -growers, elevators, handlers/shell- ers, processors, distributors, and consumers - - -are affected by aflatoxin contamination of commodities, and have the potential to control it using methods developed at both the pre- and postharvest levels....

Forward-looking behavior of consumers is important for modeling consumer response to promotions of frequently purchased consumer products as well as manufacturer's optimal promotion schedule. The first essay studies consumer's promotion timing expectations and promotion response. In previous...

In this paper we provide an account of most of the passive labor market policies (unemployment compensation, social assistance, state social support and the pension system) in the Czech Republic during the 1990–1996 period. The eligibility requirements and benefit levels are described in great...