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Profitability Comparison Study of an Organic Almond Orchard Versus a Conventionally Farmed Almond Orchard in Stanislaus County
Evers, Carl B. - 2011
This study examined the differences in costs and profitability for established conventional and organic almond orchards … in Stanislaus County, California. The study used a partial budgeting approach to compare cost and profitability for … premium for organic. The study found that the profitability of established orchards would be equal with a price premium of 29 …
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Die Politiken der Gemeinschaft und die Berggebiete : Konferenzbeiträge ; Brüssel 17.-18. Oktober 2002
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion … - 2003
2002 war das Internationale Jahr der Berge. In diesem Zusammenhang fanden in aller Welt zahlreiche Veranstaltungen statt, um das Verständnis für die Bedeutung der Bergwelt aus historischer, ökologischer, kultureller und wirtschaftlicher Sicht zu verbessern. Ferner sollte nach Wegen gesucht...
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826
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Center for International Relations
Centrum Stosunków Miedzynarodowych <Warszawa>
those foreign policy issues, which are of crucial importance to Poland, Europe and transatlantic relations in both the long …
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Analyse der erfolgs- und effizienzbestimmenden Faktoren im ökologischen Landbau
Günther Gubi - 2006
Für viele landwirtschaftliche Betriebe stellte der ökologische Landbau in der Vergangenheit eine wirtschaftliche Alternative zum konventionellen Landbau dar. Sinkende Erzeugerpreise, steigende Preise für Produktionsfaktoren, geänderte agrarpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen und die zunehmende...
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Earnings Dispersion and Aggregate Stock Returns
Jorgensen, Bjorn N.; Li, Jing; Sadka, Gil - 2009
While aggregate earnings should affect aggregate stock returns, standard portfolio theory predicts that the cross-sectional dispersion in firm-level earnings would not affect aggregate stock returns. Nonetheless, this paper demonstrates a surprisingly robust relation between cross-sectional...
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Capacity Constraints, Profit Margins and Stock Returns
Jorgensen, Bjorn N.; Sadka, Gil; Li, Jing - 2009
This paper studies the effects of capacity utilization on accounting profit margins and stock returns. Since accounting profit margins represent the average profit per unit and not the economists' concept of unit contribution margin, the marginal/variable profit per unit, a firm with idle...
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Cost efficiency, profitability and firm size of Thai insurance companies
Karim, Mohd. Zaini Abdul; Jhantasana, Chanta - 2005
efficiency to ensure their survival. This paper examines the cost efficiency and its relationship with profitability of life … return on equity. Inefficiency has substantial effect on the profitability of life insurance companies. The mean inefficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441662
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New evidence on the effect of CBOE options listing on the volatility of New York listed stocks
Mazouz, Khelifa - 2007
This paper re-examines the evidence on how the listing of options impacts on underlying stock’s volatility by taking into consideration the possible presence of a learning effect, along with the impact of the very endogenous nature of the options listing decision itself. Our analyses are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441663
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AVALIAÇÃO ECONÔMICA DE DIFERENTES ESTRATÉGIAS DE GANHO DE PESO DIÁRIO NA TERMINAÇÃO DE BOVINOS EM CONFINAMENTO
Filho, Moises de Andrade Resende - 2008
Esse artigo avalia a viabilidade econômica da terminação de bovinos em confinamento para o ano de 2008. Dezessete cenários são simulados considerando-se diferentes ganhos de peso vivo diário para 220 animais, machos castrados, ½ Zebu  ½ Holandês, com peso inicial médio de 354 kg,...
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