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The Right Amount of Trust
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Butler,   Jeffrey; Giuliano,   Paola; Guiso,   Luigi.
We investigate the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual income is hump-shaped in a measure of intensity of trust beliefs. Heterogeneity of trust beliefs in the population, coupled with the tendency of individuals to extrapolate beliefs about others from their own levels of trustworthiness, could generate this non-monotonic relationship: highly trustworthy individuals tend to form overly optimistic beliefs, to assume too much social risk and to be cheated more often, ultimately performing less well than those with a belief close to the mean trustworthiness of the population. On the other hand, less trustworthy individuals form overly pessimistic beliefs and avoid being cheated, but give up...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Trust; Trustworthiness; Economic Performance; Culture; False Consensus; Labor and Human Capital; A1; A12; D1; O15; Z1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90947

Using Value Priorities to Explain Differences in Attitudes towards Genetically Modified Food
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Springer,   A.; Tsioumanis,   Asterios; Papastefanou,   G.; Mattas,   Konstadinos.
During the last few years the public has become in general more ambivalent towards new technologies and while expecting technological innovation to make their life better, they still old concerns about possible adverse effects deriving from the use of these technologies. The present paper offers a comparative approach on two European member countries concerning attitudes towards genetically modified food. The paper focus on values because previous research has shown that socio-economic factors can only partially explain differences in attitudes towards genetically modified food. Strong national differences lead to the idea that cultural differences should also be taken into account. Following the approach of Schwartz, the scope of this research paper is to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Attitudes towards genetically modified food; Attitude formation; Cultural differentiation; Value; Consumer/Household Economics; Q1; Z1.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24657

A Multicriteria Approach for the Evaluation of the Sustainability of Re-use of Historic Buildings in Venice
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Giove,   Silvio; Rosato,   Paolo; Breil,   Margaretha.
The paper presents a multiple criteria model for the evaluation of the sustainability of projects for the economic re-use of historical buildings in Venice. The model utilises the relevant parameters for the appraisal of sustainability, aggregated into three macro-indicators: intrinsic sustainability, context sustainability and economic-financial feasibility. The model has been calibrated by a panel of experts and tested on two reuse hypotheses of the Old Arsenal in Venice. The tests have proven the model to be a useful support in the early stages of evaluation of re-use projects, where economic improvements are to be combined with conservation, as it supports the identification of critical points and the selection of projects, thus providing not only a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic Reuse; Historical Building Conservation; Public Economics; Z1; R52.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46625

Changes in Beliefs and Perceptions about the Natural Environment in the Forest-Savanna Transitional Zone of Ghana: The Influence of Religion
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Sarfo-Mensah,   Paul; Oduro,   William.
The potential of traditional natural resources management for biodiversity conservation and the improvement of sustainable rural livelihoods is no longer in doubt. In sub-Saharan Africa, extensive habitat destruction, degradation, and severe depletion of wildlife, which have seriously reduced biodiversity and undermined the livelihoods of many people in rural communities, have been attributed mainly to the erosion of traditional strategies for natural resources management. In Ghana, recent studies point to an increasing disregard for traditional rules and regulations, beliefs and practices that are associated with natural resources management. Traditional natural resources management in many typically indigenous communities in Ghana derives from changes in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Tumi; Sacred Groves; Forest-Savanna Transition; Sustainability; Traditional; Christianity; Islam; International Development; Z1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59386

Do We Care about Built Cultural Heritage? The Empirical Evidence Based on the Veneto House Market
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Rosato,   Paolo; Rotaris,   Lucia; Breil,   Margaretha; Zanatta,   Valentina.
Italian historical buildings require urgent and costly maintenance and restoration works, but neither the local, nor the national public administrators can afford these expenditures. Nevertheless the built cultural heritage represent a unique resource of the territory, as it embodies the local social, historical, and cultural values, generates positive externalities (Musgrave, 1959), and stimulates economic activities mainly related to tourism. Is it possible to quantify how much we care about historical buildings and to measure this value in monetary terms? The aim of this paper is to answer to this question via the hedonimetric approach. Specifically, we try to verify if the proximity to historical villas, districts, palaces, squares, fortresses,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cultural Heritage Externalities; Hedonic Housing Price Method; Z1; D62; Q51.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42917

1996 PRICING PERFORMANCE OF MARKET ADVISORY SERVICES FOR CORN AND SOYBEANS
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Jackson,   Thomas E.; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.
The purpose of this research report is to present an evaluation of advisory service pricing performance in 1996 for corn and soybeans. Specifically, the average price received by a subscriber to an advisory service is calculated for corn and soybean crops harvested in 1996. The average net advisory price across all 26 corn programs is $2.63 per bushel. The range of net advisory prices for corn is quite large, with a minimum of $2.08 per bushel and a maximum of $3.12 per bushel. The average net advisory price across all 24 soybean programs is $7.27 per bushel. As with corn, the range of net advisory prices for soybeans is substantial, with a minimum of $6.80 per bushel and a maximum of $7.80 per bushel.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Market Advisory Services; G1; D8; D7; D4; G2; H4; H8; Q1; Z1; Marketing.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14787

The Effect of Social Capital on the Choice to Use Sustainable Agricultural Practices
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Munasib,   Abdul B.A.; Jordan,   Jeffrey L.
We investigate whether social capital in the form of community involvement affects farmers’ choice to use sustainable agricultural practices. Using associational memberships as a measure of community involvement we study its effects on agricultural practices among Georgia farmers. Our findings show that, first, community involvement had a positive effect on the decision to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, and, secondly, it also had a positive effect on the extent to which farmers adopt these practices. These findings establish an additional dimension to the benefits that would accrue to policies that promote social interaction and civic engagement in rural areas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Associational memberships; Community involvement; Social capital; Sustainable agriculture; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Z1; Q16; Q56.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104619

Loving Cultural Heritage. Private Individual Giving and Prosocial Behavior
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Bertacchini,   Enrico; Santagata,   Walter; Signorello,   Giovanni.
The aim of this paper is to analyse patterns of private individual giving to Cultural Heritage institutions in Italy. Based on the emerging economic literature on pro-social behavior, we carried out a Contingent Valuation survey to assess individuals’ willingness to donate to museums and heritage organizations according to different conditions and set of incentives. Our findings reveal that intrinsic motivations and accountability of the recipient institutions may be more effective drivers for eliciting charitable giving than the usually proposed fiscal incentives. The results provide avenues for future empirical research and policy suggestions for fund raising cultural institutions.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Charitable Giving; Cultural Heritage; Contingent Valuation; Pro-social Behavior; Financial Economics; D11; D12; H4; Z1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59415

Culture and Finance in a Globalised World - An Uneasy Relation
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Reszat,   Beate.
At the turn of the century, the role of culture in society is changing. One facet of this change is the relation between culture and finance. Globalisation has led to an increasing competition between financial centres worldwide and culture has become one determinant of competitiveness. But, culture is also adapting to finance in that it responds to the requirements of globalisation and to the needs and desires of a place's financial community. The paper analyses these two sides of interaction between finance and culture emphasising the role of collective memory and cultural identity for the representation of financial centers and taking a closer look at the role of the arts among the variety of forms of cultural practices. Then the attention is drawn to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Finance; Finance in Urban Economies; Cultural Economics; Financial Economics; F3; R51; Z1.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26268

Punish and Perish?
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Antoci,   Angelo; Zarri,   Luca.
The evolution of large-scale cooperation among genetic strangers is a fundamental unanswered question in the social sciences. Behavioral economics has persuasively shown that so called ‘strong reciprocity’ plays a key role in accounting for the endogenous enforcement of cooperation. Insofar as strongly reciprocal players are willing to costly sanction defectors, cooperation flourishes. However, experimental evidence unambiguously indicates that not only defection and strong reciprocity, but also unconditional cooperation is a quantitatively important behavioral attitude. By referring to a prisoner’s dilemma framework where punishment (‘stick’) and rewarding (‘carrot’) options are available, here we show analytically that the presence of cooperators who...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cooperation; Strong Reciprocity; Altruistic Punishment; Altruistic Rewarding; Heterogeneous Types; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; C7; D7; Z1.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115847

Redeveloping Derelict and Underused Historic City Areas: Evidence from a Survey of Real Estate Developers
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Rosato,   Paolo; Alberini,   Anna; Zanatta,   Valentina; Breil,   Margaretha.
Infill redevelopment—the transformation of previously used urban sites—is generally regarded as an important way to attain environmental and urban sustainability goals. At many locales, however, such urban renewal, community development, and tax revenue goals must be reconciled with historic preservation objectives. Are economic incentives and regulatory relief useful tools for encouraging reuse of abandoned or underutilized urban sites with historic buildings? Answering this question is of key importance for many European cities and for older US cities, and has important implications in terms of urban sustainability and “smart growth” initiatives. We use conjoint choice experiments to explore the relative importance of economic incentives, regulatory...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Conjoint Choice Experiments; Real Estate Developers; Building Conservation Restrictions; Redevelopment Incentives; Brownfields; Infill Redevelopment; Z1; R52.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42900

1995 PRICING PERFORMANCE OF MARKET ADVISORY SERVICES FOR CORN AND SOYBEANS
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Jackson,   Thomas E.; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.
The purpose of this research report is to present an evaluation of advisory service pricing performance in 1995 for corn and soybeans. Specifically, the average price received by a subscriber to an advisory service is calculated for corn and soybean crops harvested in 1995. The average net advisory price across all 25 corn programs is $3.04 per bushel. The range of net advisory prices for corn is quite large, with a minimum of $2.34 per bushel and a maximum of $3.81 per bushel.  The average net advisory price across all 25 soybean programs is $6.61 per bushel.  As with corn, the range of net advisory prices for soybeans is substantial, with a minimum of $5.75 per bushel and a maximum of $7.92 per bushel.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Market Advisory Service (AgMAS) Project; D4; D7; D8; G1; G2; H4; H8; Q1; Z1; Marketing.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14790

A “masculinização” da produção de leite
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Magalhaes,   Reginaldo Sales.
The strengthening of social organizations that made it possible for dairy production to become a market-driven activity has brought about deep changes in the sexual division of labour. The sociological analysis of the changes in family-farming intra-household roles shows that cultural traditions, gender-related power gaps, and social contexts that further deepen differences in market access between men and women are the social and cultural foundations of a hierarchy structured according to sex and generation, where women, especially the youngest, occupy greatly disadvantageous positions. With the strengthening of cooperatives, dairy production began to occupy a rather important role in providing resources to the household, yet the control over the activity...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Gender; Markets; Economic sociology.; Agribusiness; Z1; Z13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60822

Job Instability and Family Planning: Insights from the Italian Puzzle
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Sabatini,   Fabio.
This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of couples’ childbearing decisions in Italy. Since having children is in most cases a “couple matter”, the analysis accounts for the characteristics of both the possible parents. Our results do not support established theoretical predictions according to which the increase in the opportunity cost of motherhood connected to higher female labour participation is responsible for the fall in fertility. On the contrary, the instability of the women’s work status (i.e. their being occasional, precarious, and low-paid workers) reveals to be a significant dissuasive deterrent discouraging the decision to have children. Couples with unemployed women are less likely to plan childbearing as...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Fertility; Family Planning; Parenthood; Childbearing; Participation; Job Instability; Labour Precariousness; Social Capital; Italy; Labor and Human Capital; C25; J13; Z1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92835