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Central do Brasil: Risky “Sport”
The article explores practices developed by the passengers of “Central do Brasil” railway station, who used to travel hanging on to the outside of the trains and even on their roofs. The focus of the study is on the span between the fifties and eighties of the last century.
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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DIFICULDADES NO DIAGNÓSTICO DA AMILOIDOSE AL: RELATO DE CASO
G.D. Cavalcanti +5 more
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Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva +2 more
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U.S. Agriculture, Biofuel Markets, and Trade: Challenges and Opportunities
ABSTRACT Using an enhanced Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model (GTAP‐BIO), this study assesses how the expansion in demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the reduction in exports of agricultural products induced by trade disputes negatively affect US agriculture.
Rayan Wolf, Farzad Taheripour
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Efeitos da crise financeira de 2008 sobre o desemprego nas regiões metropolitanas brasileiras
O artigo analisa os desdobramentos da crise do subprime sobre o desemprego nas regiões metropolitanas brasileiras pesquisadas pela Pesquisa Mensal do Emprego (PME/IBGE).
Fábio José Ferreira da Silva +1 more
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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