â â â â â â  â  abstract â  outward-oriented economies seem to grow faster than inward-looking ones. does the literature on convergence have anything to say on this? in the dynamic heckscher-ohlin-samuelson model, with factor-price equalization, there is no convergence of incomes. this is because with identical preferences and return to capital, irrespective of initial levels the growth rates o...

abstract the purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting adoption of agricultural crops insurance among apple growers in semirom and eghlid shahrestans and determining the best model. a survey was conducted using the stratified random sampling. data were collected by questionnaire from 240 adopters and 157 non – adopters. the results showed that adopters of insurance are more ...

over the past three decades vertical price transmission analysis has been the subject of considerable attention in applied agricultural conomics. it has been argued that the existence of asymmetric price transmission generates rents for marketing and processing agents. retail prices allegedly move faster upwards than downwards in response to farm level pricemovements. this is an important issue...

abstract the application of the crop growth models could facilitate irrigation water and fertilizer management due to reduce of field visits and direct measurements. these models are often so complex that it is difficult to understand them and some of those input data are not accessible. in this study, a simple model (vsm) was used to yield prediction of corn under different water and nitrogen ...

this study intended to develop a model describing speaking strategies for efl learners by taking into account the effects of learners’ gender and proficiency on the application of strategies. accordingly, this study was planned to have two main analyses, namely qualitative and quantitative. in this respect, 30 efl learners' viewpoints were sought, and then, based on the elicited responses, a 21...

Hysteresis has been widely recognized in the soil water relationship. In this paper, a detailed review of hysteresis was performed in relation to its models. So far, different models have been suggested to describe hysteresis in the water retention curve (WRC) that could be categorized into two main groups: conceptual and empirical models. The models in the first group are based on the domain t...