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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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, 2007 Elementary democratic attitude / political information and insight / political interest / insight in legislation and role of government / sense of local and national political efficacy / definition of democracy, government / political alienation ...
Universiteit van Amsterdam * Amsterdam, Instituut voor wetenschap der politiek, IWP (primary investigator)
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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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Politics in the Interest of Capital [PDF]
Politics & Society, 2016 In recent debates about inequality, many have pointed to the predominant position of the finance. This article highlights that structural power, not lobbying resources, are key to explaining variations across countries. It examines finance-government negotiations over national bank rescue schemes during the recent financial crisis. Given the structural
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Interest groups and lobbying pursuing political interests in America
, 2020 "Interest Groups and Lobbying shows how political organizations and their lobbyists play a crucial role in how policy is made in the United States. It cuts through the myths and misconceptions about interest groups and lobbyists with an accessible and ...
Holyoke, Thomas T.
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Mapping Political Communities: A Statistical Analysis of Lobbying Networks in Legislative Politics
, 2021 We propose a new methodology for inferring political actors’ latent memberships in communities of collective activity that drive their observable interactions.
Kim, In Song, Kunisky, Dmitriy
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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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Nordicom ReviewThe role of social media influencers is often limited to the realm of consumer behaviour. However, recently, their role in the sphere of political communication has become a new topic of interest.
Reinikainen Hanna +3 more
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A Study of a Political Interest Group [PDF]
, 1987 The primary purpose of this thesis is to provide an in-depth analysis of a political interest group. In doing so, some of the theoretical studies that attempt to explain why groups arise and why individuals freely join them have been empirically tested.
McDermid, James
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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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