Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits.
Laura E. McCann +4 more
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Real interest rate parity: Decomposition of financial and comercial components in the case of Colombia [PDF]
The concept of interest rate parity is here revisited, emphasizing the different results that are obtained when the analysis is made either using a nominal interest rate difference, adjusted by the actual or expected rate of depreciation, or using a real
Sergio Clavijo
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Global agricultural value chains and food prices
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study the relationship between the extent of participation in global agricultural value chains (GAVCs) and food prices at the country level. Using longitudinal data on a sample of 138 countries for the period 2000–2015 and a shift‐share instrumental variable design, we study how the extent of a country's participation in GAVCs in a given ...
Bernhard Dalheimer, Marc F. Bellemare
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Examination of Afghanistan's Development Traps
Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract We examine the factors behind Afghanistan's persistent underdevelopment. Drawing on various theories of development traps operating at the demographic, economic and institutional levels, we seek to assess whether and to what extent their functioning affects Afghanistan's development. To capture the functioning of development traps empirically,
Klemen Knez, Tina G. Lokar
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Colombian Purchasing Power Parity Analysed Using a Framework of Multivariate Cointegration [PDF]
This paper tests for purchasing power parity (PPP)between Colombia and its main trading partners using the Johansen framework of multivariate cointegration.
Hugo OLiveros C., Peter Rowland
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Top Managerial Network Relations for Knowledge Transfer: Exploring Gender Differences
Creativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the ongoing debate surrounding the gender gap in top managerial positions, various possible causes have been explored, with different networking patterns being one of them. However, we still lack detailed insights on how knowledge transfer via networks varies based on gender.
Sonja Sperber, Christian Linder
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Radiotherapy access in Latin America: Socio-economic determinants and equity challenges socio-economic determinants in Latin America for radiotherapy. [PDF]
Clin Transl Radiat OncolSarria GR +9 more
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Analysis of Purchasing power parity with data for Macedonia [PDF]
This paper examines PPP parity theory with data for Macedonia. We test the empirical consensus in this literature that real exchange rates tend towards PPP in the very long run, also we use co-integration Engle-Granger method and error correction ...
Josheski, Dushko, Koteski, Cane
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Island‐restricted reptiles are more threatened but less studied than their mainland counterparts
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Reptiles are highly diverse on islands, yet there is no comprehensive overview of island‐restricted reptiles (IRRs) regarding their distribution, threat status, and research efforts. Our assessment revealed that despite IRRs comprising nearly a quarter of global reptile species and 30.8% being threatened, only 7.2% of the literature focuses on them ...
Sara F. Nunes +6 more
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Exchange RAte Dynamics with Financial Repression: A Test of Exchange Rate Models for India [PDF]
This paper examines the relevance of the monetary approach for exchange rate behaviour in India, unde rthe managed float regime. It finds supprot for purchaisng power parity in traded goods and that the monetary approach provdies a reasonable description
Kenneth Kletzer, Renu Kohli
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