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Country risks analysis for the development of green hydrogen and synthetic fuel sectors in the MENA region

Frontiers in Energy Research
Hydrogen plays a pivotal role in global efforts to decarbonize energy and industrial sectors. The European Union, particularly Germany, anticipate a significant reliance on hydrogen imports in the medium to long term, identifying the Middle East and ...
Julia Terrapon-Pfaff, Sibel Raquel Ersoy, Magdolna Prantner, Peter Viebahn   +3 more
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
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A Novel Measure of Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

, 2021
This paper proposes a novel measure of political risk that confirms some of the findings documented in the Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) literature. Particularly, we confirm the positive relationship between political stability and its components on ...
Kwabena Kesse, Pavel Jeutang, Kesse, Kwabena, Jeutang, Pavel   +3 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managerial Practices of Political Risk Assessment in Jordanian International Business [PDF]

, 2008
The aim of this research is to examine critically managerial practices of political risk assessment (PRA) in Jordan. In this research, unlike most recent studies, the managerial practices of risk assessment are examined within a firm-specific ...
Al Khattab, Adel, Anchor, J.R, Davies, Eleanor M.M.   +2 more
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Indicators From China’s Listed Corporations on Corporate Financing Behavior and Policy-Related Risk

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This study explores corporate financing behavior regarding the company and country-level factors and risks associated with policy-related regulations. The study considers all three categories of risk: geopolitical risk, economic policy uncertainty, and ...
Wenlong Zhang, Muhammad Arslan Ausaf, Junaid Jahangir   +2 more
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Political uncertainty and risk premia [PDF]

Journal of Financial Economics, 2011
We develop a general equilibrium model of government policy choice in which stock prices respond to political news. The model implies that political uncertainty commands a risk premium whose magnitude is larger in weaker economic conditions. Political uncertainty reduces the value of the implicit put protection that the government provides to the ...
Pástor, Luboš, Veronesi, Pietro
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of political risk assessment techniques in Jordanian multinational corporations [PDF]

, 2011
This paper describes and explains the use of political risk assessment techniques in Jordanian multinational corporations (MNCs). A multi-method approach to collect data was followed.
Anchor, John, Awwad, Abdulkareem, Davies, Eleanor, Al Khattab, Adel Abed Rabbo, John Anchor, Eleanor Davies, Anchor, J.R, Davies, Eleanor M.M., Abdulkareem Awwad, Adel Abed Rabbo Al Khattab   +9 more
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