This paper tests whether the choice of when to be paid depends on the income type. A lab-in-the-field experiment in Kenya asked dairy cooperative members to allocate both an irregular windfall and their regular milk payments between two dates. Participants allocated the windfall to the earlier...

Das Thema Nachhaltigkeit gewinnt bei der Herstellung und Vermarktung von Lebensmitteln national sowie international immer mehr an Bedeutung. Molkereien im In- und Ausland haben bereits eine Reihe von Aktivitäten in Bezug auf eine an Nachhaltigkeit orientierte Wirtschaftsweise umgesetzt. Dies...

Introduction -- The economic and political context for Danish agricultural development, ca.1660-1850 -- The agricultural reforms, 1750s-1800s -- The spread of the Holstein system -- From bullshit to butter: accounting and production decisions -- Science, innovation, and the dissemination of...

This paper addresses the apparent paradox between widespread support of cattle farming by agricultural policy interventions and negative returns to cattle as stressed in recent works. Using a representative panel dataset for Andhra Pradesh, a state in the south of India, we examine average and...