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Incorporating economic multipliers in a bid adjustment algorithm for public food procurement decision making

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract We present an adjusted bid price mechanism that incorporates economic multiplier effects in public food procurement decision making. Under Input–Output model assumptions, the algorithm estimates enhanced tax revenues to state governments through multiplier effects associated with in‐state supplier purchasing.
Todd M. Schmit, Xiaoyan Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic changes in the structure and concentration of the international grain and oilseed trading industry

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper aims to describe the evolution of firm and industry strategies and to analyze detailed transaction data on the structure of the international grain trading industry. Specifically, data are developed from vessel nominations, and these were used to derive measures of concentration and determine how these change across selected ...
William W. Wilson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the knowledge, roles, and skills of health cadres in stunting prevention: A mixed-method study in Indonesia. [PDF]

open access: yesBelitung Nurs J
Widiasih R   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What matters for agricultural trade? Assessing the role of trade deal provisions using machine learning

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper employs machine learning to determine which preferential trade agreement (PTA) provisions are relevant to agricultural trade patterns and the factors that may influence their adoption. Utilizing the three‐way gravity model, we apply plug‐in Lasso regularized regression to pinpoint predictive PTA provisions for agricultural trade ...
Stepan Gordeev   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

SNAP online purchasing and the healthfulness of food purchases

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates the effects of the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot expansion (SNAP OPP) on SNAP households' online grocery shopping behaviors and the healthfulness of their food‐at‐home purchases. We explore quasi‐experimental estimates of the impact of online purchasing by leveraging a unique natural experiment: the staggered ...
I‐Hung Kuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesApplied 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
wiley   +1 more source

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