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The Frailty of Economic Reforms: Political Logic and Constitutional Lessons [PDF]

Why are efficiency-enhancing reforms often frail and subject to being undermined over time? Two theories are examined: public-choice theory, which explains this as the possible result of a need, from time to time, to wipe the slate clean in order to ...
Berggren, Niclas
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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crossing borders, shaping politics: A study on the political interest of Chinese international student returnees of Eastern China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Jin R, Wu B, Le TT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Chameleon pluralism in the EU: an empirical study of the European Commission interest group density and diversity across policy domains

, 2013
This paper contributes to the discussion surrounding interest groups in the European Commission. We inspect the Commission's lobbying register and assess the density and diversity of the interest group population per policy domain.
Coen, D, Katsaitis, A
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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A sociocultural approach to voting: Construing voting as a duty to others predicts political interest and engagement. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Waldfogel HB, Dittmann AG, Birnbaum HJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

An Analysis of the Antinuclear Movement as a Political Interest Group

, 1981
80 p.As the issue of nuclear energy has emerged in the political arena, it seems only natural that organized opposition is contesting nuclear advocates in this same spectrum.
Counsman, Richard
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing AI & Innovation

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
Mirko Farina, Xiao Yu, Rongrong Ji, Chen Jin, Vincent Blok, Paolo Ciancarini, Ngcaweni Busani, Witold Pedrycz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
wiley   +1 more source