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Showing 1 to 20 of 359 for “"Willingness-To-Pay"”.
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Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Hydroponic Lettuce
… of farms have begun using hydroponic techniques to grow leaf lettuce and other food crops in a controlled environment. Recent controversy about the ongoing inclusion of hydroponics in the USDA organic program has highlighted uncertainty about marketing for hydroponic crops. In November 2017, the …
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Revealed willingness to pay for conservation across the U.S.
… communities reveal themselves willing (or not) to pay for conservation initiatives. We use the local referenda data from Trust for Public Land from 1988 to 2015 over the entire U.S. at the county level and estimate how the communities value different land types and conservation purposes. We …
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Factors predicting feral swine management preferences and willingness to pay
… the United States is of increasing concern to agricultural producers, land managers, and government. Feral swine cause extensive damage to property, carry several diseases, and are generalist that will eat anything. This study explores how aspects of the cognitive hierarchy and demographics …
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Social Influence and Willingness to Pay for Online Video Games
Business models integrating the internet into their value propositions have demonstrated varying levels of viability. In particular, firms offering information-based products via the internet commonly are unable to generate sufficient revenue and, consequently, experience financial losses. …
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Homeowner willingness to pay for a pre-flood buyout agreement
Flood events are expected to increase in frequency and severity as climate change raises sea levels and intensifies regional precipitation events. The only permanent means of removing high risk homes from flood prone areas is through homeowner buyout programs. Using an online contingent valuation …
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Willingness to pay for eco-labelled forest products in Northern Ireland
… benefits, but rising deforestation, contributed to by pressures on landowners to clear forested areas to use as pasture and arable land, may cause the irrevocable loss of these benefits. To combat this, there is a need to encourage landowners to create or retain wooded areas on their land, as …
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Online reviews and consumers' willingness to pay: the role of uncertainty
… has a consistently positive impact on consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP), but volume does not. Although two studies tried to explain this phenomenon using different perspectives (Wu and Ayala, 2012; Sun, 2012), neither study can fully accommodate the consumer behaviors observed by the other. This …
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Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for fresh and frozen vegetables
… is below the recommended levels, contributing to obesity and other health issues. While increased intake is recommended, many obstacles still impede Americans from reaching vegetable intake goals. Recommendations typically focus on promoting fresh vegetable consumption, although other forms, …
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Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Osteoarthritis Treatments among the Medicare Population
… study is a non-random cross sectional survey to determine Medicare beneficiaries’ preferences and willingness to pay for osteoarthritis (OA) treatments. The population of interest in this study is the Medicare eligible (over age 65) population in Memphis, TN, and surrounding cities. Data were …
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Evaluating Consumer Acceptability and Willingness to Pay for Various Beef Chuck Muscles
<p>The objectives of this research were to evaluate consumer acceptability and willingness to pay for various beef chuck muscles. One hundred thirty-eight consumers evaluated steaks from five muscles from the beef wholesale chuck: the complexus (CP), infraspinatus (IF), serratus ventralis (SV), …
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Consumer willingness to pay for legal and illegal cannabis product in Illinois
… that Illinois cannabis consumers were willing to pay more money for legal cannabis as compared to illegal cannabis product. This hypothesis was confirmed using ordinary least squares regression models informed by surveying Illinois cannabis consumers. We found an average willingness-to-pay …
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Willingness to Pay for a Native Central Texan Plant as a Food Source
The purpose of this study is to test the consumer willingness to pay rate of a native Texas plant fruit product for the restaurant industry as well as for the consumer market. Farmers' markets and restaurants specializing in either local and/or organic foods were the focus of the market samples. …
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Impacts of and willingness to pay for conservation and restoration in the U.S.
Ecosystem conservation and restoration in rural and urban areas of the United States not only provide a variety of environmental benefits, but may also generate other unintended impacts on local economies, social structure, and urban well-being. This dissertation focuses on three complementary …
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Willingness to pay for social health insurance : a case study of Kampala (Uganda)
… alternatives, other than general tax revenue, to finance their health services. The most popular options, so far adopted, include user fees, community pre-payment schemes, and health insurance. Social Health Insurance has been identified, by policy-makers in Uganda, as a potential source of …
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Hispanic Consumers’ Preferences and Willingness-to-Pay for Grass-Fed Beef in Virginia
The primary objective of this dissertation is to determine Hispanic consumers’ preferences and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for grass-fed beef. Two hundred and thirty-one Hispanic consumers in four experiment sites in Virginia (Galax, Roanoke, Richmond, and Blacksburg) participated in an experimental …
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Consumer willingness to pay for water conservation in the framework of renewable energy projects
… in this area conclude that consumers are willing to pay for these benefits, but do not explicitly consider the environmental benefit of water conservation. The impact of this benefit is tested for a unique sample of New Mexican consumers by performing a split-sample study with a treatment …
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Awareness and Willingness to Pay for Moringa as a Leafy Vegetable in Limpopo Province
Moringa has been used to fight against malnutrition in developing countries as a result of its high nutrient content. The move to use Moringa was seen as both feasible and effective. However, it is not commonly consumed as a vegetable in the South African diet, except by particular ethnic groups. …
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Consumer perceptions of and willingness to pay for lettuce from different agricultural production systems
… production method with the potential to change the way lettuce (and other produce) is grown. However, less is known about how consumers will react to this new technology in the marketplace. In this study, we examine consumers’ perceptions of and willingness to pay (WTP) for lettuce …
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