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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, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Tides of De-dollarization: Impact on Global Economy and BRICS Initiatives

World Review of Political Economy
This article examines the global economic shift away from US dollar dominance, focusing on the rise of the Chinese yuan and de-dollarization efforts, particularly by Russia and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
Rana Al Mosharrafa
doaj   +1 more source

Economic and financial determinants of bankrupcy: evidence from Ecuador's private banks and the impact of dollarization on financial fragility

Revista Brasileira de Gestão De Negócios, 2020
Purpose – An econometric model is established to explain bankruptcy in Ecuadorian banks. The utility of combining macroeconomic, financial, and idiosyncratic determinants to explain bankruptcy is empirically demonstrated. Design/methodology/approach –
Adriana Uquillas, Francis Flores
doaj   +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

Do Universal Free School Meals Improve the Dietary Quality of Food‐At‐Home Purchases?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since 2014, the number of schools offering universal free meals to all enrolled children without requiring annual meal applications has increased meaningfully. Using USDA's Purchase to Plate Crosswalk, a difference‐in‐differences framework, and a nationwide consumer panel, the effect of universal‐free‐meal exposure on the diet quality of food ...
Xueying Ma, Andres Cuadros‐Meñaca, Michael R. Thomsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The global shift in monetary sovereignty: A systematic literature review of de-dollarization using the TCCM framework

Financial Internet Quarterly
This study aims to systematically review the literature on de-dollarization in light of its increasing significance. The review has been carried out using the Theory, Context, Characteristics, Methodology (TCCM) framework on 52 studies retrieved from the
Goswami Tushar, Sardana Varda, Singhania Shubham   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenging Dollar Dominance? How Brazil Responds to RMB Internationalization [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
This article explores the role of China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB), in Brazil, analyzing how the country positions itself in the shift toward alternative currencies to the U.S. dollar amidst changing global monetary power.
Thaís Araripe, Luiza Peruffo, André Moreira Cunha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Dollarization in Latin America

IMF Working Papers, 2006
In the past fifteen to twenty years, many developing countries have experienced a process known as financial dollarization (FD), in which residents hold deposits denominated in foreign currency — the US dollar in many cases.2 In several countries, this has been accompanied by dollarization of the real sector, with a large share of purchases of goods ...
Robert Rennhack, Masahiro Nozaki
openaire   +3 more sources

Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source