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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

Longitudinal Spirometric Trajectory from Normal Lung Function to PRISm and COPD in a Population-Based Korean Cohort. [PDF]

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
Kang SY, Roh S, Yeo IH, Ko YK, Oh JY, Gim JA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An informed monotone neural network for multi-stage chronic kidney disease prediction with integrated GFR estimation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Bhuyan BP, Mahmoud AS, Lamouchi O, Ivanova G, Ramdane-Cherif A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety Evaluation of the RibXcar Technique Using the Piezotome: An Analysis of Surgical Complications. [PDF]

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
Perez Pachon ME, Hoyos Ariza AE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels, Cord‐Friedrich von Hobe, Miryam Sarah Merk, Thomas Kneib, Oliver Musshoff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian Joint Modeling of Response Times with Dynamic Latent Ability in Educational Testing. [PDF]

Psychometrika
Wang X, Saha A, Dey DK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Monotone Peridynamic Neural Operator for Nonlinear Material Modeling with Conditionally Unique Solutions. [PDF]

Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng
Wang J, Tian X, Zhang Z, Silling S, Jafarzadeh S, Yu Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source