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Pricing drinking water testing in northern Haiti: Financial sensitivity to operating costs, user demand, and economic conditions. [PDF]

Heliyon
Ogisma L, O'Donnell FC, Sawadgo W, Molnar JJ, Huluka G, Laguerre E.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina, Jonathan Kwangulero, Jonathan Òlal Ogwang, Natalie Boyd Williams, Elizabeth Tilley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
wiley   +1 more source

Intra‐Seasonal Crop Management and the Potential Benefit of Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts: Farm‐Level Embedded Risk Analysis in Ethiopia

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How large is the potential benefit for farmers from obtaining forecasts of total rainfall in the upcoming season? This critically depends on the local farm system and the crop management actions available to farmers to respond to the forecasts issued. Studies assessing the financial value of seasonal precipitation forecasts have so far focused
Christian Troost, Samuel Elias Kayamo, Livia Rasche, Thomas Berger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shifting official development assistance during COVID-19: earmarking, donor concentration and loans. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Woskie L, Wenham C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rent control, rent overcharge, and racial disparity

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Rent control policies have gained renewed legislative momentum in the United States, but are rent‐regulated landlords adhering to these policies? Answering this question is critical to understanding the policy's impact. Using a unique panel data set from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS), we investigate noncompliance with ...
Brent W. Ambrose, Xun Bian, Ruoyu Chen, Hanchen Jiang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing robust dividend payout policy with dynamic panel regression: Application of speed of adjustment to half-life. [PDF]

PLoS One
Jangphanish K, Boonyanet W, Tongkong S.
europepmc   +1 more source

EU Space Law and Earth's Boundaries: Integrating Environmental Impact Assessment and Corporate Due Diligence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's proposed Space Law aims to establish a unified approach for sustainable space activities across the EU. While the EU's satellite constellations contribute to sustainability efforts, they can also have negative environmental impacts.
Elena Cirkovic, Vitali Braun
wiley   +1 more source