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Determinants of defined contribution plan deferral
(2013)
The purpose of this study was to examine the trend of Defined Contribution (DC) plan deferral before and after the Great Recession. The investment principle of "buying when prices are low" suggests that DC plan deferral ...
Efficiency Analysis of the US Biotechnology Industry : Clustering Enhances Productivity
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This article attempts to identify the factors affecting location of biotechnology firms in the United States. To achieve this goal, the regional efficiency in the biotech industry is measured using the Data Envelopment ...
The library in the lives of Latino college students
(The University of Chicago, 2006)
Libraries share a perception of embracing and providing for all users. However, they also share a common philosophical stance shaped by librarians' individual discursive formations and the dominant cultural hegemony that ...
The competing policy paradigms of agricultural biotechnology : implications and opportunities for emerging and developing economies
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Agricultural science and technology policies -- including public funding of crop genetics research, intellectual property protections, and biosafety approvals of regulated crops -- can be understood to work together within ...
Empirical analysis on the impact of private-sector R&D on cotton productivity in India
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Private seed firms in India have made significant investments in cotton breeding and biotechnology since the 1980s. These investments have paid off with a series of proprietary hybrids that were developed using the inbred ...
Quality as value-added bioeconomy : analysis of the EU policies and empirical evidence from Polish agriculture
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
The paper is an attempt to assess the extent to which policies designed and implemented for bioeconomy development in the European Union address the societal expectations for holistically perceived quality delivered not ...
Rice farmers' perception and determinants of climate change adaptation measures: a case study in Vietnam
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
The study used Mann Kendall's and Sen's slope tests to elicit rice farmers' perceptions of climate change due to extreme weather occurrences and compared them to hydro-meteorological data. According to the findings, ...
Assessing the Performance of GM Maize Amongst Smallholders in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This study uses data for the 2006/07 maize production season, for the Hlabisa, Dumbe, and Simdlangentsha districts in Kwa- Zulu-Natal, South Africa, to investigate the relative efficiencies of conventional, insect-resistant ...
Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys: The Peculiar Incentives in Teacher Retirement Systems and Their Consequences for School Staffing
(American Education Finance Association, 2009)
This article examines the pattern of incentives for work versus retirement in six state teacher pension systems. We do this by examining the annual accrual of pension wealth from an additional year of work over a teacher's ...