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View article: Monetary compensation for changing forest management practices to increase water availability in Georgia, United States
Monetary compensation for changing forest management practices to increase water availability in Georgia, United States Open
Forests provide many ecological services, including carbon sequestration, biofuel provision, and recreation, yet the influence of forests on water resources is still often debated. While increased forest cover is generally associated with …
View article: Real Options Adoption with Poisson Price, Quantity, and Policy Uncertainty Jumps
Real Options Adoption with Poisson Price, Quantity, and Policy Uncertainty Jumps Open
A unifying methodology is presented, which jointly considers correlated Brownian motion processes with Poisson jumps in both revenue and policy. The methodology is unique in considering price and quantity as geometric Brownian motion proce…
View article: How to assess? Student preferences for methods to assess experiential learning: A best-worst scaling approach
How to assess? Student preferences for methods to assess experiential learning: A best-worst scaling approach Open
Transitioning from traditional in-person classroom formats to online instructional delivery methods and online student assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic was a significant challenge to effective teaching, learning, and evaluation. Al…
View article: Tort tradeoffs in cases of pesticide drift: A legal and economic analysis
Tort tradeoffs in cases of pesticide drift: A legal and economic analysis Open
Widespread pesticide drift issues ensued from the advent of dicamba-tolerant crop systems in the late 2010s, resulting in millions of acres of damaged farmland. Farmers who suffered drift-related losses in crop yield had to seek recovery i…
View article: Drop‐in ready jet biofuel from carinata: A real options analysis of processing plant investments
Drop‐in ready jet biofuel from carinata: A real options analysis of processing plant investments Open
A promising feedstock for large‐scale production of sustainable jet biofuel is the inedible oilseed Brassica carinata (referred to simply as “carinata”), but transitioning to large‐scale fuel production entails significant economic uncerta…
View article: Evaluation of starter dietary digestible lysine level on broilers raised under a sex-separated or straight-run housing regime, part 2: Economics of sex separation and digestible lysine level for maximum returns
Evaluation of starter dietary digestible lysine level on broilers raised under a sex-separated or straight-run housing regime, part 2: Economics of sex separation and digestible lysine level for maximum returns Open
The objective of this experiment was to determine the maximum net returns digestible lysine (dLys) levels (MNRL) when maintaining the ideal amino acid ratio for starter diets of broilers raised sex separate or comingled (straight-run). A t…
View article: Preferences for policy attributes and willingness to pay for water quality improvements under uncertainty
Preferences for policy attributes and willingness to pay for water quality improvements under uncertainty Open
When exploring environmental policy options, sometimes neither the current state of the environmental good being analyzed nor the effectiveness of the proposed policy is known with certainty. This is the case with privately owned, resident…
View article: Straight-run vs. sex separate rearing for two broiler genetic lines Part 2: Economic analysis and processing advantages
Straight-run vs. sex separate rearing for two broiler genetic lines Part 2: Economic analysis and processing advantages Open
The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the effects of raising broilers under sex separate and straight-run conditions for 2 broiler genetic lines. One-day-old Ross 308 and Ross 708 chicks (n = 1,344) were sex separated and placed i…
View article: Do Forest Property Characteristics Reveal Landowners’ Willingness to Accept Payment for Ecosystem Services Contracts?
Do Forest Property Characteristics Reveal Landowners’ Willingness to Accept Payment for Ecosystem Services Contracts? Open
Previous research has found that the manner in which forests are managed reveals forest owners' goals and management preferences for their properties. In this study, we attempt to predict forest owners' participation in payments for ecosys…
View article: Measuring and tracking obesity inequality in the United States: evidence from NHANES, 1971-2014
Measuring and tracking obesity inequality in the United States: evidence from NHANES, 1971-2014 Open
Our findings demonstrate that seemingly similar increases in obesity prevalence can be accompanied by very different patterns of distribution change. We find that the early phase of the obesity epidemic in the US was largely driven by incr…
View article: Summer Garden Programs Improve Children’s Food Knowledge and Preferences: Evidence Using Stated and Revealed Preference Measures
Summer Garden Programs Improve Children’s Food Knowledge and Preferences: Evidence Using Stated and Revealed Preference Measures Open
One reason for excessive body weight among youth is poor eating choices. Garden-based programs have the potential to educate children about fruits and vegetables and healthy eating generally, and improve their food preferences. This study …
View article: The Effects of Benefit Timing and Income Fungibility on Food Purchasing Decisions among SNAP Households
The Effects of Benefit Timing and Income Fungibility on Food Purchasing Decisions among SNAP Households Open
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest nutritional safety net in the United States. Prior research has found that participants have higher consumption shortly after receiving their benefits, followed by lower c…
View article: Consumer Attitudes toward the Use of Gene Technology in Breakfast Products: Comparison between College Students from the U.S. and China
Consumer Attitudes toward the Use of Gene Technology in Breakfast Products: Comparison between College Students from the U.S. and China Open
Second-generation Genetically Modified (GM) crops are associated with consumer-oriented benefits such as improvement of nutritional quality. Given such an evolving market environment, this paper presents differences in consumer preferences…
View article: A comparison of hypothetical risk attitude elicitation instruments for explaining farmer crop insurance purchases
A comparison of hypothetical risk attitude elicitation instruments for explaining farmer crop insurance purchases Open
This article presents evidence on the stability and behavioural validity of alternative survey mechanisms for eliciting farmers' attitudes towards risk. Three hypothetical instruments are considered that differ in terms of the simplicity, …
View article: State of the science and challenges of breeding landscape plants with ecological function
State of the science and challenges of breeding landscape plants with ecological function Open
Exotic plants dominate esthetically-managed landscapes, which cover 30-40 million hectares in the United States alone. Recent ecological studies have found that landscaping with exotic plant species can reduce biodiversity on multiple trop…
View article: Does Ethnicity Matter For Food Choices? An Empirical Analysis of Asian Immigrant Time Use
Does Ethnicity Matter For Food Choices? An Empirical Analysis of Asian Immigrant Time Use Open
As immigrants settle and extend their stay in the U.S., they may be exposed to a food culture and lifestyle that impacts their food choice decisions and health outcomes. This paper focuses on the behavioral changes and acculturation level …
View article: Toward an optimal U.S. solar photovoltaic subsidy
Toward an optimal U.S. solar photovoltaic subsidy Open
An analytical framework for assessing the optimal solar energy subsidy is developed and estimated, which takes into account the environment, health, employment, and electricity accessibility benefits. Results indicate that an optimal subsi…
View article: Self-Protection from Weather Risk using Improved Maize Varieties or Off-Farm Income and the Propensity for Insurance
Self-Protection from Weather Risk using Improved Maize Varieties or Off-Farm Income and the Propensity for Insurance Open
We investigate how self-protection from the adoption of Improved Maize Varieties (IMV) and off-farm income affects risk premiums for smallholder maize producers in Uganda. To unbundle these effects, we specify the cost of risk to explicitl…
View article: Disruptive Policy Impacts on Biodiesel Investment: The Third Leg in 3-T Policy
Disruptive Policy Impacts on Biodiesel Investment: The Third Leg in 3-T Policy Open
The effect of Poisson type policy jumps on biodiesel investment is investigated through the theory of investment under uncertainty. The analysis considers the probability of a policy being implemented if it is not in effect and the probabi…
View article: Survey evidence on legal and illegal Hispanic immigrants’ perceptions of living and working in US agriculture
Survey evidence on legal and illegal Hispanic immigrants’ perceptions of living and working in US agriculture Open
This study presents survey evidence on legal and illegal Hispanic immigrants' perceptions of living and working in the United States. Three key findings emerge that present a negative outlook for the agricultural industry labor supply if a…