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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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India–United States Agricultural Trade Under the America‐First Agenda
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines India–United States agricultural trade under the America‐First agenda, highlighting trade patterns, tariff structures, and potential impacts of United States trade policies. Total agricultural trade remains modest at $7 billion annually, with India imposing higher tariffs (average 39%) than the United States (5%).
Badri N. Gopalakrishnan +2 more
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Do Institutions Cause Growth? [PDF]
We revisit the debate over whether political institutions cause economic growth, or whether, alternatively, growth and human capital accumulation lead to institutional improvement.
Rafael La Porta +3 more
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Islandness or Smallness? A Comparative Look at Political Institutions in Small Island States [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2006 In order to explicate the relevance of the island dimension for political categories, for each of seven political institutions, a series of four comparisons are conducted on a global basis.
Dag Anckar
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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, 1952 NINETEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE Board of Penal Institutions For the Two Years Ending June 30, 1954. TWENTIETH BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE Board of Penal Institutions For the Two Years Ending June 30, 1956.
Kansas Office of the Director of Penal Institutions
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Democracy, Income Inequality and Economic Growth Nexus: The Case of Pakistan [PDF]
Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 2017 Democracy, income inequality and economic development are considered to be interlinked with one another in a complex way. The weak growth of political institutions and uncertainty about the continuity of democratic regimes in Pakistan has important ...
Rafi Amir-ud-Din (Corresponding author)
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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Reforming Institutions: Where to Begin? [PDF]
Institutions promote growth—this view now holds firm ground. The task then is to ‘engineer’ growth promoting institutions. Endogeneity characterises institutions, for example, groups enjoying political power influence economic institutions but political ...
M. Idrees Khawaja, Sajawal Khan
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RUDN Journal of Political ScienceThis study examines current trends in political leadership research in the context of theoretical and methodological debates regarding the key dichotomies of personality vs institution, authoritarianism vs democracy.
Ilya E. Strelets
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