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Gender-differentiated Innovations in Response to Climate Change: Evidence from Smallholder Agriculture in 4 countries in East Africa
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We investigate gender differentiated innovations regarding maize production among households in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. We find that innovation is positively influenced by access to information assets and on farm water, amount of land, and number of income sources, with Kenya and...
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Fall 2016
The word “mummer” has been used to describe many different people doing many kinds of things, ranging through both space and time, from at least the 18th century to modern days, from the Old World to the New World. In the past these have conventionally been treated as discrete practices or...
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Measuring Consumer Resistance to Innovation in Meat Packaging-Evidence from Choice Experiments
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In this thesis, consumers’ perceptions and willingness-to-pay for a new packaging technology for beef steaks, vacuum packaging, are measured using real choice experiments and different information scenarios. The findings suggest that information plays an important role in consumers’ attitudes...
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Fall 2016
This study examines innovative activities of firms under environmental regulation and import competition. In particular, the first and the second chapters discuss the Porter Hypothesis, which suggests a positive link between stringent environmental regulation and firm innovation, from a...