A global study to estimate the ecosystem service value of specific coastal ecosystems is developed. Specific variables are identified and used to develop a global multivariate regression function that supports the identification of important drivers of the value of ecosystem service of coastal protection around the world, and the Caribbean is examined in detail. Variables hypothesized to affect...

This study examines the value analysis in Islamic and conventional banking services in Pakistan. Many scholars have focused on co-creation of values in services but mainly economic values not non-economic. As Islamic banking is based on Islamic principles that are more concerned with non-economic values (well-being, partnership, fairness, trust worthy, and justice) than economic values as money...

in addition to ecological values, wetlands provide many goods and services for local communities. anzali international wetland has always played the same role, but recently, besides degradations caused by population pressure, construction and operation of different infrastructures and developments in its basin, have caused considerable negative impacts on this precious ecosystem. it is obvious ...

Seminal work in finance and economics has studied theoretical models of ethical behavior. We provide experimental evidence for the role of a universal “sacred value,” namely, truth. We study this value in the context of earnings management, which is an important business setting where the conflict between personal gains and behavior consistent with the value of truth is particularly salient. We...

Early applications of wilderness economic research demonstrated that the values of natural amenities and commodities produced from natural areas could be measured in commensurate terms. To the surprise of many, the economic values of wilderness protection often exceeded the potential commercial values that might result from resource extraction. Here, the concepts and tools used in the economic ...

Slopes of reaction norm models, also called reaction norms (RN), are alternative traits used in animal breeding for selection of genotypes that perform more consistently across a range of environments. Environmental sensitivity is of economic importance when the environment where selection takes place differs considerably from the commercial environment of slaughter pigs. The position on the en...

The aim for this study was to derive economic values for meat quality traits. Meat quality experts from 10 slaughter and retail companies in Switzerland were asked to give an interview in which they indicated their willingness to pay different prices for carcasses from different quality classes. Economic values for the seven meat quality traits color (L*), drip loss, intramuscular fat content, ...

The breeding objective defines the selection emphasis placed on individual traits based on the economic importance of each trait. In PIGBLUP, the $Index defines the breeding objective based on the profit function developed by Stewart et al. (1990). The profit function was based on two main equations quantifying a sow herd sub-objective (SHSO) and a growing-finishing subobjective (GFSO). Informa...