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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Il cambiamento delle culture politiche in Italia: note per un programma di ricerca

Cambio, 2016
The paper proposes, in a non-systematic ways, a discussion of some issues that may be the subject of a new phase of research on the subject of political culture in Italy.
Antonio Floridia
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Political Participation and Quality of Life [PDF]

Theoretical literatures on procedural utility and the psychological benefits of political participation suggest that people who participate in political activities will be more satisfied with their lives because of the resulting feelings of autonomy ...
Matthew S. Winters, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro   +1 more
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Who participates in local government? Evidence from meeting minutes [PDF]

, 2018
Scholars and policymakers have highlighted institutions that enable community participation as a potential buffer against existing political inequalities.
Abramowitz, Barro, Berry, Burden, Campbell, Capps, Dahl, David M. Glick, Fiorina, Fischel, Fung, Gilens, Glaeser, Glaeser, Glaeser, Gutmann, Hajnal, Hankinson, Hankinson, Jacobus, Jannene, Jannene, Kain, Katherine Levine Einstein, Kittilson, Logan, Mansbridge, Maxwell Palmer, Oliver, Paul, Quigley, Rae, Rothstein, Schleicher, Schlozman, Semuels, Tausanovitch, Tighe, Yglesias   +38 more
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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, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Munisamy Gopinath, Kannan Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Participation and Entrepreneurial Initial Public Offerings in China [PDF]

This paper examines the value of political participation by private entrepreneurs in China. Using a unique sample of all initial public offerings by entrepreneurial firms during 1994-2007 and political participation by the controlling entrepreneurs, we ...
Feng, Xunan, Johansson, Anders C., Zhang, Tianyu   +2 more
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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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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, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source