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Technology, information, and the decentralization of the firm [PDF]

, 2006
This paper analyzes the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information.
Daron Acemoglu, Aghion, Philippe, John Michael Van Reenen, van Reenen, J., Fabrizio Zilibotti, Philippe Aghion, Zilibotti, F., Acemoglu, Daron, Van Reenen, John, Acemoglu, D., LeLarge, Claire, Claire Lelarge, Aghion, P., John Van Reenen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio, Lelarge, C.   +15 more
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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

Department of Economics Action Plan

, 2013
Department of Economics Action Plan for Academic Program ReviewDepartment of Economics, Action Plan, Academic Program ReviewDepartment of Economics, Action Plan, Academic Program ...
Economics, Department of Economics, Academic Program Review, APR   +2 more
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Alfred Marshall’s Puzzles. Between Economics as a Positive Science and Economic Chivalry [PDF]

, 2015
Alfred Marshall’s approach to economics hides a paradox. On one hand, the ‘father’ of neoclassical economics strongly favoured conducting economics as a positive science.
Dzionek-Kozłowska, Joanna
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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

Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +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

Economics in Times of Crisis. In Search of a New Paradigm [PDF]

, 2014
JEL Codes: B41, B50The relationship between the development of economics and economic performance is not reducible to any set of simple rules. Among the historians of economic thought there is even a handful of those who perceive the progress in ...
Dzionek-Kozłowska, Joanna
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Consumer behaviour in a social context : implications for environmental policy [PDF]

, 2014
In this paper we summarise some of our recent work on consumer behaviour, drawing on recent developments in behavioural economics, in which consumers are embedded in a social context, so their behaviour is shaped by their interactions with other ...
Dasgupta, Partha, Ulph, Alistair, Ulph, David Tregear, Southerton, Dale   +3 more
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Efficient Use of Behavioral Tools to Reduce Electricity Demand of Domestic Consumers

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2016
Purpose: The present study investigated the main literature on the subject of methods and policies for reducing the electricity demand of domestic consumers, in order to identify the place of behavioral tools.
Elbaz Shimon, Zaiţ Adriana
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