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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Lia Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Currency without credibility: why BRICS de-dollarization falls short?

China Accounting and Finance Review
The pursuit of de-dollarization by BRICS, including Brazil, Russia, India, Chin and South Africa, though indirect, represents a development of growing global relevance in the evolving international monetary order.
Iman Bastanifar, Kashif Hasan Khan, Roghayeh Nazari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multipolar financial architecture: cluster analysis of alternative payment systems

Russian Journal of Economics and Law
Objective: to analyze current trends in the formation of alternative cross-border payment systems in the context of geopolitical fragmentation, sanctions pressure, and the formation of narratives of financial sovereignty of states.
E. L. Sidorenko
doaj   +1 more source

Mexico versus Canada: Stability Benefits from Making Common Currency with USD?

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2005
Using a de facto classification of exchange-rate regimes, this paper investigates how the volatility of PPP-GDP per person and per hour of work is associated with such regimes in Mexico and in Canada.
George M. von Furstenberg
doaj   +1 more source

The vulnerabilities of Venezuelan immigrants in Brazil and Colombia from the perspective of Intervention Bioethics. [PDF]

Rev Esc Enferm USP, 2023
Vargas JEV, Shimizu HE, Monteiro PS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Universal Free School Meals Improve the Dietary Quality of Food‐At‐Home Purchases?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since 2014, the number of schools offering universal free meals to all enrolled children without requiring annual meal applications has increased meaningfully. Using USDA's Purchase to Plate Crosswalk, a difference‐in‐differences framework, and a nationwide consumer panel, the effect of universal‐free‐meal exposure on the diet quality of food ...
Xueying Ma, Andres Cuadros‐Meñaca, Michael R. Thomsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging Dollar Dominance? How Brazil Responds to RMB Internationalization [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
This article explores the role of China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB), in Brazil, analyzing how the country positions itself in the shift toward alternative currencies to the U.S. dollar amidst changing global monetary power.
Thaís Araripe, Luiza Peruffo, André Moreira Cunha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source