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King and Cochrane: The technological treadmill and racial inequity in US agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Between 1920 and 1969, the number of Black farmers in the US decreased from 14% of all operators to 4%. Using Martin Luther King Jr.'s critique of agricultural policy and Willard Cochrane's theory of the technological treadmill, we explore how racial discrimination was linked to policies that led to structural change in US agriculture.
Jared Hutchins, Jacopo De Marinis
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Technological change, capital deepening, and agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth: Cross‐country comparison of 18 OECD countries

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper employs the data envelope analysis (DEA) to assess technological progress and its impact on agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) across 18 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries from 1973 to 2015.
Yu Sheng
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Do Consumers Value Diversity in Agriculture? A Choice Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm ownership in the US today is racially and ethnically homogeneous. Diverse farmers and ranchers make up less than 10% of all producers, they tend to be less financially stable and have tighter profit margins. In the past few years, both government and industry programs have aimed to increase the participation and profitability of diverse ...
Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Jared P. Hutchins, Gerald Mashange   +2 more
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Row Crops and the U.S. Agricultural Trade Deficit: Recent Trends and Policy Issues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Row crops such as soybeans, corn, wheat, and cotton are the backbone of the U.S. farm sector, accounting for around $60 billion of exports in 2023. While U.S. row crop exports remain robust, growing concerns over the rising U.S. agricultural trade deficit underscore the need to appraise the ongoing market and policy dynamics affecting the ...
William Ridley, Stephen Devadoss
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Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
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Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami, Mani Rouhi Rad, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
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Sudden Stops, the Real Exchange Rate, and Fiscal Sustainability: Argentina's Lessons [PDF]

We offer an alternative explanation for the fall of Argentina's Convertibility Program based on the country's vulnerability to Sudden Stops in capital flows.
Alejandro Izquierdo, Ernesto Talvi, Guillermo A. Calvo   +2 more
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The Financial Status and Local Credit Market Conditions of U.S. Farms Engaged in Multiple Borrowing

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural producers often borrow from multiple lenders, raising concerns about credit risk and monitoring. We construct detailed farm‐level measures of how debt is distributed across lenders and examine how farm financial status and the physical presence of local lenders are linked to this practice.
Sylvanus Gaku, Jennifer Ifft, Brady Brewer, Luke Byers   +3 more
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The Risk-Adjusted Cost of Financial Distress [PDF]

In this paper we argue that risk-adjustment matters for the valuation of financial distress costs, since financial distress is more likely to happen in bad times.
Heitor Almeida, Thomas Philippon
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MFP and CFAP Official Announcement and Pre‐Official Announcement Effects on the Corn and Soybean Futures Market

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the official announcement effect of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) and the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) on the corn and soybean futures market. Using a permutation test and a 2‐stage GLS model, we find no significant official announcement effect.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova, Anil K. Giri, Dipak Subedi   +3 more
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