The subjects of this research, AFC’s suppliers, responded to one or both sustainability questionnaire/s requested by AFC. Thus, our research involved a multiple case-study design wherein the same unit of analysis, the supplier sustainability questionnaire, formed the basis of two case studies (...
We find close associations between forest policy, fire-impacted forest area and their potential impacts on biodiversity. In Brazil, forest policies that were initiated in the mid-2000s corresponded to reduced rates of burning. However, relaxed enforcement of these policies in 2019 has seemingly ...
AFCSME (2018) decision fundamentally changed the institutional context for U.S. teachers' unions by placing all public school teachers in a "Right to Work" (RTW) framework, little research exists to conceptualize the effects of such policies that hinder unionization. To fill this gap, I ...
Explain, basic definitions of fixed cost, variable cost, total cost, average costs (AFC, AVC, ATC), marginal cost. Suppose a firm has a marginal cost function given by MC(q)=q+1. What is the firm's total cost function? Why is marginal cost in the short run equal to the s...
To correctly assess the demand for their produc Explain the concept of Average Fixed Cost curve (AFC). Suppose the marginal cost curve in the short run first decreases, then reaches a minimum, and then increases. If we are at an output w...
Because, the supplier companies are like ‘we need to find our R&D programs, to make it better for you guys’. But every time you make a new investment then the price of your equipment just went up because now it is the newest, latest, greatest, so you figure you [the company] can...
In the Arrowian approach, there was no "true" underlying social ranking, but only the aggregation of preferences; on the other side of the continuum, there are problems such as Condorcet jury, where the task is to find the underlying true outcome. Soccer and other sport rankings occupy the...
In the Arrowian approach, there was no “true” underlying social ranking, but only the aggregation of preferences; on the other side of the continuum, there are problems such as Condorcet jury, where the task is to find the underlying true outcome. Soccer and other sport rankings occupy ...
In the Arrowian approach, there was no “true” underlying social ranking, but only the aggregation of preferences; on the other side of the continuum, there are problems such as Condorcet jury, where the task is to find the underlying true outcome. Soccer and other sport rankings occupy ...
Using panel data from China's listed enterprises from 2003 to 2021, this study examines the impacts of environmental regulations on green innovation in the low-carbon city pilot policy (LCCPP) context, which serves as a quasi-natural experiment in the digital economy. The results show that LC...