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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao +3 more
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Early development economics debates revisited [PDF]
Development economics in its early years created the image of a fierce fight between advocates of contrasting theories or approaches-"balanced growth"vs."unbalanced growth"or"program loans"vs."project loans."This view has the merit to highlight such ...
Alacevich, Michele
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World Development, 1986 The theory of rural organization based on rational peasants in environments where information is imperfect and costly provides a simple explanation for a wide variety of phenomena in LDCs. It provides insights into both why sharecropping is so widespread and why it takes on the particular forms that it does; it provides an explanation of the ...
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Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development
SHS Web of Conferences, 2017 Global climate change has an impact on the human potential, economy and ecosystems of all countries of the world, including Russia. A significant contribution to climate change is made by the burning of fossil energy resources, which leads to an increase
Gavin O'toole
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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SPECIAL BORDER ECONOMIC ZONES BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND THAILAND
Malaysian Management JournalThe evolving landscape of global trade and economic cooperation has spurred the establishment of Special Border Economic Zones (SBEZs) as a comprehensive strategy to catalyse economic growth and enhance collaboration between neighbouring countries ...
Nor Suzylah Sohaimi +2 more
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Performance of Smallholder Agriculture Under Limited Mechanization and the Fast Track Land Reform Program in Zimbabwe [PDF]
agricultural mechanization, fast track land reform, agricultural development, Stochastic Frontier model, technical efficiency, agribusiness management, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, International Development, Land ...
Chisango, Future Fortune T. +1 more
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Economics Imperialism under the Impact of Psychology: The Case of Behavioral Development Economics
, 2013 Economics imperialism is broadly explained as economics having an impact on other disciplines. But how should economics imperialism be understood when it is in some sense the product of other disciplines having an impact on economics?
John B. Davis
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Integrated Reservoir Management under Stochastic Conditions [PDF]
Economic optimization, Lake levels, Marketed and non-marketed water uses, Non-linear programming, Recreational benefits, Reservoir management, Stochastic inflows, Value of a visitor day, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development, Land
Boyer, Tracy A. +3 more
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