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Product Market Regulation and Productivity Convergence: OECD Evidence and Implications for Canada [PDF]
International Productivity Monitor, 2007 In this article we investigate the effect of product market regulation on the international diffusion of productivity shocks. The results indicate that regulations that restrict competition slow the process of adjustment through which best practice ...
Paul Conway, Giuseppe Nicoletti
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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Verification of the databases EXFOR and ENDF
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017 The objective of this work is for the verification of large experimental (EXFOR) and evaluated nuclear reaction databases (JEFF, ENDF, JENDL, TENDL…).
Berton Gottfried +5 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden +5 more
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EPJ Web of Conferences, 2016 Modern nuclear data Quality Assurance (QA) is, in practice, a multistage process that aims at establishing a thorough assessment of the validity of the physical information contained in an evaluated nuclear data file as compared to our best knowledge of ...
Michel-Sendis F. +2 more
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Integrated, Automated, and Reproducible Nuclear Data Processing at the NEA [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesEnsuring data preservation is a top priority for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank.
Foligno Daniela +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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The Impact of Labour Market Policies on Productivity in OECD Countries [PDF]
International Productivity Monitor, 2008 We investigate the impact of labour market policies on labour and multifactor productivity with industry-level data. First and foremost, labour market policies can influence average measured productivity through their impact on employment.
Andrea Bassanini, Danielle Venn
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Environmental Research Letters, 2015 This paper provides novel evidence on the main factors behind consumer choices regarding investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies using the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes.
Nadia Ameli, Nicola Brandt
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