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Harvesting benefits: Exploring the effects of second‐best policies on enhancing soil organic carbon stocks in agriculture

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural subsidies can be an effective policy tool to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the effectiveness of a second‐best hypothetical policy which subsidizes additional canola hectares optimally for each soil zone in Saskatchewan in an effort to increase soil organic carbon.
Devin A. Serfas
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating tough times? How material self‐interest influences citizens' welfare state behavior

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It is a long‐standing view that citizens support the welfare state because it provides insurance against future income losses. However, existing studies have struggled to isolate the effect of future‐oriented material self‐interest from normative and political predispositions.
Matias Engdal Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of real‐news party cues

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract News media routinely offer cues about the stances of party elites, but to what extent do these cues shape the policy opinions of the public? While numerous experiments find that partisans adopt the stances of their leaders, these findings may not generalize easily to the context of real news, which often contains richer policy information and ...
Rasmus Skytte
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating policy uncertainty: What financial markets reveal about firm‐level lobbying

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Elections can lead to substantial policy changes and, thus, are a significant source of risk. Firms can respond to such policy uncertainty by lobbying, but it is hard to quantify whether they do so and, if so, how much lobbying benefits them. We construct a new dataset and leverage investors’ expectations of variability in stock returns in the
Kristy Buzard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of ESG News Sentiment on Corporate Performance: A Comprehensive Analysis by News Topic and Industry

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between ESG news sentiment and corporate performance through the lens of stakeholder theory. While ESG ratings face significant limitations, including measurement inconsistencies and time lags, news sentiment analysis offers insights into internal and external stakeholder responses to ESG activities.
Jeong‐Ji Han   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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