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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 +2 more
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The Evolution of Development Economics
, 1991 Development Economics (DE) rose to prominence as a separate sub-discipline in economics in the 1950s. Some would say that it had its heyday in the 1960s and early 1970s, and that from the mid 1970s it was on the wane. In certain senses, this is true. For instance, fewer First World students showed an interest in the Third World, and this affected the ...
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst dwindling state funding and the legislative withdrawal from public university research support, a heightened political process shapes the allocation of scarce tax dollars. This article explores how advocacy within the political process influences funding support for higher education from state legislatures.
Gregory M. Perry +2 more
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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, par ALEC CAIRNCROSS. Une plaquette de 31 pages.— INTERNATIONAL FINANCE SECTION, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS and SOCIOLOGY, UNIVERSITÉ DE PRINCETON, PRINCETON, 1959 [PDF]
, 1959 Camille Martin
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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 +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 +3 more
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The Relationship Between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Review of Business and Economics StudiesThis study aims to investigate the complex relationship between financial development and economic growth in Nigeria, examining the short-run and long-run dynamics through a comprehensive time series analysis spanning 1981 to 2023.
Temitope Adewumi Adebayo
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