Reducing marine debris pollution by changing household behavior through children education
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This paper aims at evaluating the direct and indirect effects of an educational program on students and parents knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding consumption and disposal of plastics. The program takes the form of an environmental education module with value-laded content, targeting 15 matched pairs of primary schools, as part of their subjects. The intervention is an adaptation of the content and curricula embedded in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) marine debris program.
Effects of Wholesale Competition in Supply Chains: An Analysis with Heterogeneous Decision-Makers
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Yuly Arboleda, Santiago Arango-Aramburo. 2019. Effects of Wholesale Competition in Supply Chains: An Analysis with Heterogeneous Decision-Makers. In: Villa S., Urrea G., Castañeda J., Larsen E. (eds) Decision-making in Humanitarian Operations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
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The Influence of the Strength of Financial Institutions and the Investment-Production Delay on Commodity Price Cycles: A Framed Field Experiment with Coffee Farmers in Colombia.
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Commodity price cycles can arise when there is a tendency to invest more (less) when current prices are high (low). Traditionally this behavior is interpreted as based upon naïve expectations. However, weak financial institutions can also cause this behavior. When borrowing is hard and saving is risky farmers cannot invest