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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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The Endogeneity of Money: Empirical Evidence [PDF]
For many years, the endogenous nature of the money supply has been a cornerstone of post-Keynesian economics. In this paper we survey the empirical work which has been done on both the ‘core’ thesis – that loans create deposits – and on peripheral ...
Peter Howells
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo +5 more
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The effects of entry on incumbent innovation and productivity [PDF]
, 2009 How does firm entry affect innovation incentives in incumbent firms? Microdata suggest that there is heterogeneity across industries. Specifically, incumbent productivity growth and patenting is positively correlated with lagged greenfield foreign firm ...
Aghion Philippe +9 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block +2 more
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Instrument Selection in Panel Data Models with Endogeneity: A Bayesian Approach
EconometricsThis paper proposes the use of Bayesian inference techniques to search for and obtain valid instruments in dynamic panel data models where endogenous variables may exist. The use of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) allows for obtaining a reduced number
Álvaro Herce, Manuel Salvador
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Estimating the average treatment effect of adopting stress tolerant variety on rice yield in China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2018 Climate extremes, characterized by droughts and floods, have become one of the major constraints to sustainable improvement of rice productivity. Variety choice, considered as one of the main adaptation measures, could help farmers reduce yield loss ...
Jie-hong ZHOU, Li-qun TANG, Xiaohua Yu
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu +4 more
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Endogeneidad, diferencia de medias y regression. [Endogeneity, mean difference and regression].
Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte, 2016 La endogeneidad es un concepto estadístico que se refiere a que la relación entre una variable explicativa x y otra que queremos explicar y viene determinada por otras variables que no se han tenido en cuenta e y que covarían con x.
José A. Martínez
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On the endogeneity of exchange rate regimes [PDF]
The literature has identified three main approaches to account for the way exchange rate regimes are chosen: i) the optimal currency area theory; ii) the financial view, which highlights the consequences of international financial integration; and iii ...
Eduardo Levy-Yeyati +2 more
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