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Aparna Lhila earned her PhD in economics at Cornell University and is an Associate Professor in the economics department at Central Michigan University (CMU). Lhila is a health economist whose research is focused on studying health investment decisions and health-related behaviors in the household production framework. Particularly, she studies how household decision-making and changes in facto...

This paper analyses the economics of biofuel production and the implications that the accelerating growth in biofuel production in many countries could have on agricultural markets. It shows that production costs of ethanol and biodiesel differ significantly across countries and feedstock crops. These costs often exceed those of fossil fuels. In consequence, the economics of biofuel production ...

Using concepts of neoinstitutional economics, such as transaction cost economics, institutional economics, property rights theory, and information economics, the development of the Open Source movement is investigated. Following the evolution of institutions in Open Source, it is discussed what the comparative institutional advantages of this model are. The conclusion is that it is the institut...

The vegetable sub-sector is considered a sector having high prospects of commercialization. It supports to create the job opportunities, thereby contributes reducing poverty rate. However, little empirical research has been done know benefits commercial production and households’ behavior towards its adoption. Thus, this study seeks assess economics determinant factors farmers for adoption in K...