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The Cow or the Credit: Causal Relationship Between California Dairy Herd Consolidation and Anaerobic Digesters

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The California dairy industry has experienced considerable consolidation over the past 30 years. During this period, there has also been substantial technological innovation, implementation of the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, and rapid adoption of anaerobic digesters.
Michael McCullough, Jarrett Hart
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Behavioral Coping With Food Price Inflation: Patterns Among U.S. Households

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent food price inflation has placed substantial pressure on household budgets, food security, and mental well‐being. Using Household Pulse Survey data, we combine k‐modes clustering and Double Machine Learning to identify distinct household coping groups and examine differences in how households respond to rising food prices across groups ...
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Remunicipalisation and Foundation of Municipal Utilities in the German Energy Sector: Details about Newly Established Enterprises

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2017
Since the majority of network concession contracts in Germany were set to expire some time between 2005 and 2016, a window of opportunity arose in which to rebuild and remunicipalise the local energy supply. As a result, 72 new local power companies were
Oliver Wagner, Kurt Berlo
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cascading socio-economic and financial impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war differ across sectors and regions

Communications Earth & Environment
Disruptions in global food and energy trade can trigger cascading socio-economic losses. Financial markets can amplify such losses and generate systemic cross-sectoral effects, e.g. food insecurity.
Cornelia Auer, Francesco Bosello, Giacomo Bressan, Elisa Delpiazzo, Irene Monasterolo, Christian Otto, Ramiro Parrado, Christopher P. O. Reyer   +7 more
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Effectiveness of the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF‐RI) Program: Interval Selections With Uniform Premium Subsidy Rates

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines interval selection in the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF‐RI) program and evaluates how uniform premium subsidy rates affect optimal interval selections. Using South Dakota as a case study, we show a trend of increasing selection of nonproduction intervals from 2013 to 2024, raising concerns about program
Whoi Cho, Matthew Diersen
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Fossil‐Free Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers: Role of Prices, Climate, Production Origin, and Identity

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam, Hui Tao, Gordana Manevska‐Tasevska, Per‐Anders Hansson, Vivian Wei Huang, Helena Hansson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

DISCOUNTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [PDF]

A constant social discount rate cannot reflect both a reasonable opportunity cost of public funds and an ethically defensible concern for generations in the distant future. We use a model of hyperbolic discounting that achieves both goals.
Tsur, Yacov, Karp, Larry S.
core  

Climate policy integration, coherence and governance [PDF]

, 2009
It is becoming evident that if high-consumption societies are to tackle climate change, significant changes in production processes as well as in consumption patterns will be required.
Kuindersma, Wiebren, Pedersen, Anders Branth, Bommel, S., van, Beck, Silke, Reinert, Hugo, Máñez, M., Carss, David, van Bommel, Severine, Carss, D., Mickwitz, P., Jensen, Anne, Aix, F., Mickwitz, Per, Manez, Maria, Melanen, Matti, Monni, S., Pedersen, A.B., Melanen, M., Ferrand, N., Kuhlicke, C., Kivimaa, Paula, Monni, Suvi, Reinert, H., Gorg, Christoph, Jensen, A., van Bommel, S., Beck, S., Kivimaa, P., Görg, C., Kuindersma, W., Kuhlicke, Christian, Aix, Francisco, Ferrand, Nils   +32 more
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Disproportionate Environmental Risks: A Descriptive Analysis of Chemical Facilities and Accidents in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using nationwide data on the US Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Management Plan (RMP) program, we examine the proportions of underserved populations living near facilities that use extremely hazardous chemicals, both before and after accidents involving fires, explosions, and/or toxic vapors occur.
Karlee Cook, Dennis Guignet, Robin R. Jenkins, Margaret Sugg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source