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Mobility Restrictions and E-Commerce: Holistic Balance in Madrid Centre during COVID-19 Lockdown
Economies, 2021 COVID-19 has brought about a substantial change in urban mobility, as well as an unprecedented increase in e-commerce throughout the world due to the emergence of new ways of shopping and consumption habits.
Rafael Villa, Andrés Monzón
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden +5 more
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Développement Durable et Territoires, 2023 At the turn of the 2010s, “energy communities” appeared all over France, claiming a direct and democratic control of local renewable energy infrastructures. At the same time, the regions were given competences in the energy transition field.
Armelle Gomez, Benjamin Tyl
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Economic and Ecological Evaluation of Land Use Change: Evidence from Karelia [PDF]
Экономика региона, 2017 Land use change and a shift in economic activity often bring to unpredictable consequences for local ecosystems. There is a necessity of making preliminary evaluation and analysis of comparing the different types of economic and ecological ...
Anton Sergeevich Strokov +2 more
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Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota +2 more
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EnergiesThis manuscript analyzes the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and selected factors for the agricultural sector in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries.
Łukasz Augustowski, Piotr Kułyk
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SOME CRITICAL TOPICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS [PDF]
, 1996 Environmental economics has made significant achievements over the past twenty-five years. They rest on the solid assessment that all major environmental problems and ecological disruptions are economic in character, and in need of economic tools for ...
Gottinger, Hans W.
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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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