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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
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HbA1c standardisation: history, science and politics.

The Clinical biochemist. Reviews, 2007
Significant analytical improvements have occurred since glycated haemoglobin (GHb), measured as total HbA(1), was first used in routine clinical laboratories around 1977. Following the publication of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) study in 1993 the issue of international standardisation became an important objective for scientists ...
W. G. John, A. Mosca, C. Weykamp, I. Goodall   +3 more
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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

History and Political Science: Together Again?

, 2012
This chapter focuses on the reconvergence of history and political science and explains how historians and political scientists can work together towards reconstructing political history.
Julian E. Zelizer
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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

Linking Employee Green Behaviour and Organizational Effectiveness for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Review of Public Sector Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
This conceptual piece examines how Employee Green Behaviour (EGB), Green Human Resource Management (GHRM), and their combined effect on organizational efficiency contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the public sector in ...
Emmanuel Asumadu Agyemang, William Owusu Ansah   +1 more
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THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT CROSS-PARTY COALITIONS ON THE OUTCOME OF LOCAL ELECTIONS IN ROMANIA. CASE-STUDY: THE 2024 ELECTIONS IN CONSTANTA COUNTY [PDF]

Annals of the "Ovidius" University of Constanţa. Political Science Series
Local elections constitute an opportunity for voters to express their political choices in a more authentic way, closer to their party preferences and ideological convictions, as opposed to other types of elections where they have to act strategically
Mihaela IVĂNESCU, Luiza-Maria FILIMON
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Political Economy and Economic Science: The Work of Phyllis Deane [PDF]

Some time ago, Phyllis Deane pointed to “an inescapable tension between political economy and economic science”. Yet, the separation of positive economics (pure and empirical) on the one hand and normative economics (pure and applied) on the other is ...
Heinrich Bortis
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Social science at the crossroads: the history of political science in the USA and the evolution of social impact. [PDF]

, 2016
What role should social scientists play in society? Louisa Hotson explores the evolution of the social sciences through four periods in the history of political science, each with different implications for how social science makes a difference.
Hotson, Louisa
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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