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Local privatization, intermunicipal cooperation,transaction costs and political interests: Evidence from Spain [PDF]

Several empirical studies have analyzed the factors that influence local privatization. Variables related to fiscal stress, cost reduction, political processes and ideological attitudes are the most common explanatory variables used in these studies.
Xavier Fageda, Germa Bel
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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner, Savannah Jones, Tania Islam, K. Aleks Schaefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

To decentralize or to continue on the centralization track: The cases of authoritarian regimes in Russia and Kazakhstan

Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2018
Decisions on decentralization versus centralization come as a result of strategic choices made by politicians after weighing their costs and benefits.
Irina Busygina, Mikhail Filippov, Elmira Taukebaeva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction to Political Thought

, 2023
This course examines major texts in the history of political thought and the questions they raise about the design of the political and social order. It considers the ways in which thinkers have responded to the particular political problems of their day,
Song, Sarah
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U.S. Agriculture, Biofuel Markets, and Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an enhanced Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model (GTAP‐BIO), this study assesses how the expansion in demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the reduction in exports of agricultural products induced by trade disputes negatively affect US agriculture.
Rayan Wolf, Farzad Taheripour
wiley   +1 more source

The High Cost of Politics in Indonesia: An Exploration of Multiperspectives from Academics, Students, Executive Officials, and Legislative Candidates

Bestuurskunde
The issue of the high cost of electoral politics in Indonesia has been raised for a long time. After the reformation in 1998, Indonesia adopted a democratic political system of government.
I Made Dwi Hita Darmawan
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Costs of Taxation

We examine the political costs of taxation in early modern France. We focus on efforts to enforce the salt tax, the rate of which varied across regions. Using a spatial difference-in-discontinuities design, we compare municipalities just inside the high ...
Davoine, Eva, Kolesnikov, Igor, Enguehard, Joseph   +2 more
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