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Comparative Advantages and Demand in the New Competitive Ricardian Models
(2018-02-01)
We survey the new Ricardian models of bilateral trade, which are seen as tractable structure for multi-country trade models addressing either cost or demand linkages to trade. Cost-based Ricardian models advance new forms ...
Trading heat and hops for water: Dehydration effects on locomotor performance, thermal limits, and thermoregulatory behavior of a terrestrial toad
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2017-11-01)
Due to their highly permeable skin and ectothermy, terrestrial amphibians are challenged by compromises between water balance and body temperature regulation. The way in which such compromises are accommodated, under a ...
Both Associative Learning And Speed-accuracy Trade-off Occur In The Southern Monarch Butterfly When Visiting Flowers
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTDABINGDON, 2016)
From biophysical to social-ecological trade-offs: Integrating biodiversity conservation and agricultural production in the Argentine Dry Chaco
(Resilience Alliance, 2015-01)
Agricultural intensification in rural areas of developing countries compromises the provision of ecosystem services. Social conflict arises among landholders with different preferences for ecosystem services and land-use ...
A bottom-up model to describe consumers' preferences towards late season peaches
(Spanish Natl Inst Agricultural & Food Research & Technolo, 2015-12-01)
Peaches are consumed in Mediterranean countries since ancient times. Nowadays there are few areas in Europe that produce peaches with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), and the Calanda area is one of them. The aim of ...
A control-function approach to correct for endogeneity in discrete choice models estimated on SP-off-RP data and contrasts with an earlier FIML approach by Train & Wilson
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019)
It is common practice to build Stated Preference (SP) attributes and alternatives from observed Revealed Preference (RP) choices with a view to increasing realism. While many surveys pivot all alternatives around an observed ...
Contrasting egg and larval performances help explain polyphagy in a florivorous butterfly
(SpringerDordrechtHolanda, 2013)
Radical and Incremental Innovation Preferences in Information Technology: An Empirical Study in an Emerging Economy
(Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2014)
Education Gains Attributable to Fertility Decline: Patterns by Gender, Period, and Country in Latin America and Asia
(2017-07)
We investigate the heterogeneity across countries and time in the relationship
between mother’s fertility and children’s educational attainment—the quantity-quality
(Q-Q) trade-off—by using census data from 17 countries ...
Host preference of the bean weevil Zabrotes subfasciatus
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2008)
It is largely known that the range of an insect diet is mostly determined by oviposition behavior, mainly in species with endophytic larvae such as Zabrotes subfasciatus. However, the proximate factors determining host ...