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Emerging Market Yield Spreads: Domestic, External Determinants, and Volatility Spillovers [PDF]

This study examines the determinants of bond yield spreads for 22 emerging markets in the period 1998-2009. In addition to the usual EMBI index data from credit default swaps (CDS) are also used.
Pierre L. Siklos
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Association of age at pancreatic cancer diagnosis with smoking and drinking: A hospital‐based and meta‐analysis study

Advances in Digestive Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent trends show an alarming rise in pancreatic cancer prevalence among young individuals. Previous studies have presented differences in age at diagnosis. The study aimed to examine the likelihood of a younger age at diagnosis in individuals exposed to known risk factors, compared with those without exposure.
Ro‐Ting Lin, Louise E. Anthony, Hathaichon Inchai, Lung‐Chang Chien, Chun‐Chieh Yeh, Chi‐Ying Yang, Jaw‐Town Lin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The global burden of aortic aneurysm attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021: Current trends and projections for 2036. [PDF]

Tob Induc Dis
Jin X, Xu D, Lian X, Geng X, Yue Z, Yao W, Wang X.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pacific Asia and the Asia Pacific: The Choices for APEC [PDF]

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which set out to achieve "free and open trade and investment in the region" and led highly significant liberalization initiatives in the 1990s, has been stagnating for the past decade. The main cause of
C. Fred Bergsten
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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographical Disparities and Socioeconomic Determinants of Untreated Dental Caries in Permanent Teeth Across Asia, 1990-2019: A Retrospective Population-Based Burden Analysis. [PDF]

Int J Dent
Cui H, Minsi L, Ri M, Wanping H, Fanghe P, Xiaofeng Q.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic disparities and health inequality evolution in the disease burden of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer in Asia: a 33-year longitudinal analysis and future projections. [PDF]

Ann Med
Wang H, Qin X, Zhang X, Wang N, Wu Z, Xiao Z.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sources of Agricultural Productivity Growth in Central Asia [PDF]

The paper examines agricultural production and productivity growth in two Central Asian countries – Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Both countries are characterized by a significant shift of resources from the traditional Soviet model of collective ...
Lerman, Zvi, Sedik, David J.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
wiley   +1 more source