The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Capital Controls and Foreign Exchange Policy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 The empirical analysis of the paper suggests that an FX policy objective and concerns about an overheating of the domestic economy have been the two main motives for the (re-)introduction and persistence of capital controls over the past decade. Capital controls are strongly associated with countries having significantly undervalued exchange rates ...
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Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci +3 more
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Companies‘ structural changes and wages
Mokslas: Lietuvos AteitisThe article analyzes how structural changes taking place in companies affect wages and determine their changes. It is relevant to examine how the structural changes of companies are related to wage indicators, because this reveals one of the most ...
Anastasija Puodžiūnienė +1 more
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
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RESOURCE POLICY OF BANKS WITH FOREIGN CAPITAL IN UKRAINE: PECULIARITIES AND PRIORITIES
Ekonomika, 2014 . The goal of the research was to reveal the characteristic features of resource policy in banks with foreign capital during the period of the Ukrainian banking sector post-crisis recovery.
Vitaliy Rysin
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[Foreign capital and structural change in the Brazilian private health services market]. [PDF]
Cad Saude Publica, 2023 Kamia FD, Vargas MA.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows (FCI) On Economic Growth in Pakistan [1975-2004]
JISR Management and Social Sciences & Economics, 2007 The Two-Gap Model suggests that the Poor countries have to rely on the foreign capital inflows (FCI) to fill the two Gaps: Import-Export Gap and the SavingsInvestment Gap.
Ghulam Mohey-ud-din
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The role of foreign capital and economic freedom in sustainable food production: Evidence from DLD countries. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Ding G +5 more
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