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F-J. Elorza, A. Malagò, M. Pastori, Arnaud Reynaud, A. Udias, and O. Vigiak

vol. 8, n. 9, 2016

Nitrogen losses in the form of Nitrate (N-NO3) from point and diffuse sources of pollution are recognized to be the leading cause of water body impairment throughout Europe. Implementation of conservation programs is perceived as being crucial for restoring and protecting the good ecological status...

Denis Lanzanova, M.B. Milovanovicz, Arnaud Reynaud, and A. de Roo

vol. 13, n. 2, December 2016, pp. 247–266

We provide the first estimate of a household water demand function in Serbia. The econometric model is estimated on a panel dataset made of the 25 Serbian districts (oblasts) covering years 2009 to 2012. Our estimates reveal a price elasticity of the Serbian household water demand varying between -...

Marion Robert, Alban Thomas, and Jacques Eric Bergez

2016, pp. 36–64

Agricultural production systems are facing new challenges due to an ever changing global environment that is a source of risk and uncertainty. To adapt to these environmental changes, farmers must adjust their management strategies and remain competitive while also satisfying societal preferences...

Pierre Dubois, and Bruno Jullien

vol. 70, December 2016, pp. 558–568

The paper argues that the emergence of private labels can be partially explained by the new information technologies available at the retail level. In our approach, the owner of a brand has ìdecision rightsîon product design, while the details of the production and distribution are left to...

Sébastien Gadat, Thierry Klein, and Clément Marteau

vol. 44, n. 3, 2016, pp. 982–1009

Given an n-sample of random vectors (Xi,Yi)1=i=n whose joint law is unknown, the long-standing problem of supervised classification aims to optimally predict the label Y of a given new observation X. In this context, the k-nearest neighbor rule is a popular flexible and intuitive method in...

Vincent Réquillart, Louis-Georges Soler, and Yu Zang

vol. 50, December 2016, pp. 268–285

The goal of this paper is to better understand firms' strategic reactions to nutritional policies targeting food quality improvements and to derive optimal policies. We propose a model of product differentiation, taking into account the taste and health characteristics of products. We study how two...

M. Canzoneri, Fabrice Collard, Harris Dellas, and B. Diba

vol. 126, n. 590, 2016, pp. 75–108

Alban Thomas, and Vera Zaporozhets

2016, pp. 1–22

Jorge Peña, Bin Wu, Jordi Arranz, and Arne Traulsen

vol. 12, n. 8, 2016

Nacima Baron, Claude Crampes, and Xavier Ursat

France Guérin-Pace, and Évelyne Mesclier (eds.), 2016