Aloe vera (AV) süt, dondurma, şekerleme, sağlık içecekler gibi fonksiyonel gıdalarda kullanılmaktadır. Yapılan bu araştırmada, yoğurt kültürüne probiyotik ve teknolojik özelliklere sahip olan Lactobacillus plantarum AB6-25 suşu, %1, 2,5 5 oranlarında AV jel içeceği ilave edilerek üretimi yapılmıştır. Depolamanın 1, 7, 14 21. günlerinde üretilen yoğurtların fizikokimyasal, mikrobiyolojik analizl...

JEL Classification Code(s): J 31, J 71) "Perceptions of Discrimination, Effort to Obtain Psychological Balance, and Relative Wages: Can We Infer a Happiness Gradient?" There is a substantial literature that finds a linkage between happiness and relative economic well being as measured by earnings or wages. There is also a well documented racial gap in wages. One explanation for this is disparat...

This paper explores both theoretically and empirically whether or not the willingness to pay (WTP) for pollution control varies with income. Our model indicates that the income elasticity of the marginal WTP for pollution reduction is only constant under very restrictive conditions, which are not necessary for an environmental Kuznets curve relationship between pollution and income. Our empiric...

Hedonic property value models are often used to place a value on localized amenities and disamenities. In practice, however, results may be affected by (i) omitted variable bias and (ii) whether homebuyers and sellers are aware of, and respond to, the assumed environmental measure. In this paper we undertake an alternative stated preference (SP) approach that eliminates the potential for unobse...

The use of a Declining Discount Rate (DDR), in cost-benefit analysis (CBA), compared to the use of a Constant Discount Rate, implies that the policy maker will put relatively more effort to improve social welfare in the far distant future than in the shorter time. The choice between the two discount rates is crucial and linked, for example, to the problem of whether we should fight malaria and ...