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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Behavioral Finance and Behavioral Economics in Iran and the World [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های حسابداری و حسابرسی عملیاتی و عملکرد, 2019
The aim of this study is to compare the behavioral finance studiea and behavioral economics in Iran and the world. The statistical population is the publication of articles published in accounting, finance and economics journals during the period from ...
vahid bekhradinasab, sedigheh mazaheri
doaj  

Testing Behavioral Public Economics Theories in the Laboratory [PDF]

open access: yes
"Behavioral economics", or the application of methods and evidence from other social sciences to economics, has increased greatly in significance in the last two decades.
James Alm
core  

Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The future of health economics: The potential of behavioral and experimental economics

open access: yesNordic Journal of Health Economics, 2015
Health care systems around the globe are facing great challenges. The demand for health care is increasing due to the continuous development of new medical technologies, changing demographics, increasing income levels, and greater expectations from ...
Fredrik Hansen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time for behavioral political economy? An analysis of articles in behavioral economics [PDF]

open access: yes
This study analyzes leading research in behavioral economics to see whether it contains advocacy of paternalism and whether it addresses the potential cognitive limitations and biases of the policymakers who are going to implement paternalist policies ...
Berggren, Niclas
core  

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Narrative Economics: A Systematic Literature Review [PDF]

open access: yesSocioEconomic Challenges
Over the last few years, scholars in economics have come to acknowledge that stories and shared beliefs can shape economic outcomes just as strongly as data or policy measures. This idea is central to the concept of “Narrative Economics”.
Thomas Holtfort
doaj   +1 more source

The conduct of monetary policy in Uganda: an assessment [PDF]

open access: yes
Money supply, Liquidity, Cash flows, Demand and Price Analysis, Financial Economics, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, International Relations/Trade, Public Economics,
Christopher, Adam
core   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

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