Keyword: economics

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Inventory-Allocation Distribution Models for Postdisaster Humanitarian Logistics with Explicit Consideration of Deprivation Costs
Inventory-Allocation Distribution Models for Postdisaster Humanitarian Logistics with Explicit Consideration of Deprivation Costs
2016,
This paper develops novel mathematical models to maximize the benefits derived from...
Food and consumer behavior: why the details matter
Food and consumer behavior: why the details matter
2016,
A growing body of literature now demonstrates the importance of behavioral factors in...
The evolution of global farming land: facts and interpretations
The evolution of global farming land: facts and interpretations
2016,
Although land plays a crucially important role in economic development and structural...
Climate change: scenarios, impacts, policy, and development opportunities
Climate change: scenarios, impacts, policy, and development opportunities
2016,
This article is divided into three parts. First, it provides an overview of the main...
The promise (and pitfalls) of ICT for agriculture initiatives
The promise (and pitfalls) of ICT for agriculture initiatives
2016,
The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in...
What farmers want: the ‘gustibus multiplier’ and other behavioral insights on agricultural development
What farmers want: the ‘gustibus multiplier’ and other behavioral insights on agricultural development
2016,
Behavioral economic experiments have not only identified realms where human behavior...
Food security as resilience: reconciling definition and measurement
Food security as resilience: reconciling definition and measurement
2016,
In this article, we draw out a set of axioms for food security measurement that follow...
Economics and politics of food standards, trade, and development#
Economics and politics of food standards, trade, and development#
2016,
Standards have played an important role in food trade for a very long time. Their...
Institutional innovation and policy support to facilitate small-scale farming transformation in China
Institutional innovation and policy support to facilitate small-scale farming transformation in China
2016,
While the Asian food economy has been experiencing significant transitions, it is...
Will digital technologies transform agriculture in developing countries?
Will digital technologies transform agriculture in developing countries?
2016,
Mobile phones and the internet have significantly affected practically all sectors of...
Human behavior and the use of experiments to understand the agricultural, resource, and environmental challenges of the XXI century
Human behavior and the use of experiments to understand the agricultural, resource, and environmental challenges of the XXI century
2016,
The use of laboratory 1 experiments in economics, and their later deployment in the...
Trends and patterns in the triple burden of malnutrition in India
Trends and patterns in the triple burden of malnutrition in India
2016,
This paper brings together recent evidence on what has come to be referred to as the...
Recent weather fluctuations and agricultural yields: implications for climate change
Recent weather fluctuations and agricultural yields: implications for climate change
2016,
We summarize recent statistical analyses that link agricultural yields to weather...
Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms
Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms
2016,
This study assesses changes over the past decade in the farm size distributions of...
The evolving role of large and medium farms on Brazilian agriculture
The evolving role of large and medium farms on Brazilian agriculture
2016,
We use Brazilian agricultural censuses data since 1970 to describe land structure...
The nutrition transition and agricultural transformation: a Preston curve approach
The nutrition transition and agricultural transformation: a Preston curve approach
2016,
The nutrition transition in diets and health is closely tied to other aspects of...
A text message away: ICTs as a tool to improve food security
A text message away: ICTs as a tool to improve food security
2016,
The growing use of ICTs around the world, particularly cellular phone technology,...
Economic design of moving average control chart for non-normally distributed data: a comparative study
Economic design of moving average control chart for non-normally distributed data: a comparative study
2017,
An economic cost function for moving average control chart under non‐normal...
Energy saving in operations management through variable-speed drive technology: environmental versus economic convenience
Energy saving in operations management through variable-speed drive technology: environmental versus economic convenience
2017,
CO 2 emissions are mainly due to electricity generation. The percentage of electrical...
Selection and comparison the most suitable strategy in the public and private banks with BSC approach
Selection and comparison the most suitable strategy in the public and private banks with BSC approach
2017,
The banking crises, which have occurred both in transition economies and developing...
Predicting Systemic Risk with Entropic Indicators
Predicting Systemic Risk with Entropic Indicators
2017,
This paper concentrates on quantifying the behavioral aspects of systemic risk by...
Forecasting Aggregates with Disaggregate Variables: Does Boosting Help to Select the Most Relevant Predictors?
Forecasting Aggregates with Disaggregate Variables: Does Boosting Help to Select the Most Relevant Predictors?
2017,
Including disaggregate variables or using information extracted from the disaggregate...
Forecasting the US Term Structure of Interest Rates Using Nonparametric Functional Data Analysis
Forecasting the US Term Structure of Interest Rates Using Nonparametric Functional Data Analysis
2017,
In this paper we consider a novel procedure to forecasting the US zero coupon bond...
Forecasting with Micro Panels: The Case of Health Care Costs
Forecasting with Micro Panels: The Case of Health Care Costs
2017,
Micro panels characterized by large numbers of individuals observed over a short time...
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