2018 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A number of government programs, including USDA conservation programs, provide financial incentives to entice changes in behavior. An important question for these program [...]

Many of the most deeply and persistently distressed regions of the U.S., such as parts of West Virginia, suffer from extremely low levels of labor force participation. Th [...]

In this paper, two key questions are asked: why has the GATT/WTO worked in terms of multilateral tariff reduction and promotion of global trade, and to what extent will i [...]

Net farm income and net cash farm income, as well as the farm household’s income or loss from the farm business, are commonly used measures of farm financial performanc [...]

President Trump’s election highlights US economic disparities, especially in rural America. This study assesses 21st century economic conditions to identify broad force [...]

This article provides a conceptual framework to understand benets and costs of private minimum quality standards, increasing seller reputation or warranties when there is [...]

Food retail has been in continuous evolution for the past century, both in developing and developed countries: from local traditional stores to supermarkets to e-commerce [...]

The free riding incentive that exists in public good provision has been a major obstacle to establishing markets or payment incentives for ecosystem services. The use of [...]

Insights from other behavioral sciences (e.g., psychology, neuroscience) have slowly been infiltrating mainstream economic thought and are now routinely informing the des [...]

The revolution of information technology and communications has drastically changed the way people conduct business. With the rapid emergence of Taobao villages and other [...]