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Slack And Economic Development [PDF]
Slack – the underutilization of factors of production – varies systematically with economic development. Using novel and detailed measures of the utilization of labor and capital from a large representative sample of firms in rural and urban Kenya, we show that utilization is increasing in firm size, market access, and economic activity.
Walker, Michael +5 more
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Knowledge and Economic Development [PDF]
Operations Research, 1991 The theme of the October 29–31, 1990, ORSA/TIMS meeting in Philadelphia was “Productivity and Global Competition.” This paper, which is an address given there, pursues this theme by emphasizing the importance of knowledge in contrast to natural resources as the critical ingredient in economic development in the future, and stresses the rapidity with ...
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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Does Mainstreamed Aid Advance Gender Parity? Insights from Empirical Evidence
EconomiesThis study investigates the effectiveness of gender-mainstreamed aid in mitigating gender inequality. We develop a robust theoretical model that accounts for the potential positive and perceived negative effects of shifts toward gender parity, capturing ...
Bedassa Tadesse +2 more
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Œconomia, 2020 In the 1970s, in France, a few researchers such as Ignacy Sachs and René Passet elaborated innovative research programmes to have a better understanding of development (North and South) and environmental issues.
Christophe Cassen, Antoine Missemer
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To increase farmer adoption of green practices, the EU Common Agricultural Policy includes both mandatory (conditionality) and voluntary instruments (eco‐schemes–ECS– and more demanding, multi‐annual agri‐environment‐climate measures –AECM–). Building on the experiment of Barreiro‐Hurle et al.
L. Sanchez‐Mata +4 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci +4 more
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The Theory of the Shifting Mode of Reproduction and Institutionalism: Is Synthesis Possible?
AlterEconomics, 2022 Like other macroeconomic models, the theory of the shifting mode of reproduction (SMR) deve-loped by Vladimir Mayevsky describes economic reality outside its institutional dimension.
Andrey I. VOLYNSKII
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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 +4 more
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İNSANİ KALKINMA ENDEKSİ VE TÜRKİYE İÇİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Sosyal Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2006 Kalkınmanın sadece iktisadi büyüme ile ölçülmesinin yetersiz olması, insan eksenli ölçme tekniklerinin geliştirilmesine yol açmıştır. Bu bağlamda Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı (United Nations Development Programme-UNDP) tarafından geliştirilen ...
Şevket Tüylüoğlu, Burak Karalı
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