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The Database of Political Institutions 2020 (DPI2020)
, 2021 The Database of Political Institutions presents institutional and electoral results data such as measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability of the government, identification of party affiliation and ideology, and fragmentation of opposition ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
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, 2023 If politics is conducted largely outside of formal arenas, political institutions may not play a very large role in determining policy outcomes. We propose a new index of institutionalization to capture how much policymaking takes place in formal arenas.
Inter-American Development Bank
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The microfoundations of political development: structure and agency in historical institutionalism
Frontiers in Political ScienceHistorical institutionalism has long stood for the notion that institutions represent “political legacies of concrete historical struggles.” Several decades since it first emerged on the scene, however, the tradition is still deservedly criticized for ...
Federico Ferrara
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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Peran Adam Malik dalam Perkembangan Politik Indonesia pada Awal Kemerdekaan
Analisis SejarahAdam Malik was a pivotal figure in Indonesia's political history at the dawn of independence. As a journalist, diplomat, and politician, Malik played a key role in significant events that shaped the modern Indonesian state.
Tifany Azriel Hasyim Purba
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao +3 more
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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The Politics of Development [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2012 Medical Innovations in Humanitarian Situations: The Work of Medecins Sans Frontieres. Jean-Herve Bradol, Claudine Vidal, Editors. Medecins Sans Frontieres; 2011 The Chinese symbols for crisis mean both danger/peril and opportunity/crucial point.
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Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
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