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Economic Reform, Growth and Convergence in China

The Econometrics Journal, 2008
Summary: We propose a new concept of convergence which is based on the metric entropy measure recently proposed by \textit{C.W. Granger} [J. Time Ser. Anal. 25, No. 5, 649--669 (2004; Zbl 1062.62178)] to investigate economic convergence in China. This entropy measure compares whole distributions of growth rates across individual provinces.
Maasoumi, Esfandiar, Wang, Le
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Examining Income Convergence in Southern United States [PDF]

County-level data for 11 southern states were used to examine income convergence between 1980 and 2000. Ordinary least squares regression of logarithmic difference on average per capita income in 1980 and 2000 indicated conditional income convergence ...
Banerjee, Swagata (Ban), Bukenya, James O., Gyawali, Buddhi Raj   +2 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
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Exploring diverse interests of collaborators in smart cities: A topic analysis using LDA and BERT

Heliyon
Smart cities have emerged as a promising solution to the problems associated with urbanization. However, research that holistically considers diverse stakeholders in smart cities is scarce.
Jihye Lim, Junseok Hwang
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Regional Income Convergence in the Enlarged Europe, 1995-2000: A Spatial Econometric Perspective [PDF]

This paper adopts a spatial econometric perspective to analyse regional convergence of per capita income in Europe in 1995 to 2000 and, moreover, relaxes the assumption of a single steady-state growth path which appears to be out of tune with reality of ...
Fischer, Manfred M., Stirböck, Claudia
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Convergence in Models with Bounded Expected Relative Hazard Rates [PDF]

, 2014
We provide a general framework to study stochastic sequences related to individual learning in economics, learning automata in computer sciences, social learning in marketing, and other applications.
Oyarzun, Carlos, Ruf, Johannes
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
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Are Caribbean countries diverging or converging? evidence from spatial econometrics [PDF]

After gaining political independence from the European countries and the United States, the Caribbean Basin economies have at the end of the 2000s display considerable differences in income and living standards.
CRAIGWELL, ROLAND, MAURIN, ALAIN
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
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