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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Credit Constraints and the Persistence of Unemployment [PDF]

In this paper, we argue that credit market imperfections impact not only the level of unemployment, but also its persistence. For this purpose, we first develop a theoretical model based on the equilibrium matching framework of Mortensen and Pissarides ...
Dromel, Nicolas, Kolakez, Elie, Lehmann, Etienne   +2 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied 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, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Credit constraints, social networks, and green technology adoption: evidence from farmers' cooperatives in China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Farmers' cooperatives are pivotal in modernizing Chinese agriculture. Departing from the conventional focus on technology adoption among individual farmers, this study shifts the lens to a burgeoning agricultural entity in China: farmers' cooperatives ...
Ying Zhang, Yibei Guo, Siyao Zhang, Abdul Rehman, Jiaxue Shi, Panpan Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financial Stratification and Digital Transformation Under Market Disruption: Evidence from Thai SMEs [PDF]

Financial Markets, Institutions and Risks
The increasing frequency of market disruptions in the contemporary global economy has exposed fundamental inequities in small and medium enterprise (SME) financing systems, creating urgent needs for understanding how financial constraints shape digital ...
Sitsada Sartamorn, Hiroko Oe, Yasuyuki Yamaoka   +2 more
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Investigating the Impact of Grain Subsidy Policy on Farmers’ Green Production Behavior: Recent Evidence from China

Agriculture, 2022
This paper investigates how grain subsidy policy (GSP) in farmland transfer affects farmers’ green production behavior (FGPB) for promoting green agricultural development and improving grain subsidy policy.
Shilei Pan, Chenhui Di, Abbas Ali Chandio, Ghulam Raza Sargani, Huaquan Zhang   +4 more
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Tax Policy and Farm Organization

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced substantial changes to the tax code, affecting farms' organizational incentives. This study examines farms' responses to the TCJA along extensive and intensive margins, focusing on organizational and labor expense adjustments.
Tia M. McDonald, Katherine Lacy
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Climate Change and Farmers’ Household Financial Vulnerability: Evidence From China

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Climate change is one of the most severe threats to human survival and a significant factor influencing financial stability. Different from previous studies, this paper investigates the economic impact of climate change at the micro level based on data ...
Sen Yang, Kai Zou, Tianyi Lei, Zehua Ni, Jingyi Yang   +4 more
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Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source