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Corruption Risk and Political Dynasties: Exploring the Links Using Public Procurement Data in the Philippines

open access: yes, 2023
Corruption plays a central role in underdevelopment in the Philippines, yet there is no reliable, non-aggregate, and periodic measurement for corruption in the country.
Yap, Jurel K   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Les décisions publiques au carrefour des influences

open access: yesRevue Française des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, 2019
Many actors, not only firms, struggle to influence public decisions. This paper reports on a case study in a French village of who these actors are, why they decide to participate in territory planning decision-making, and how they actually do it. Why do
Pascal Koeberlé, François Geoffroy
doaj   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Environmental Sustainability Corridor in South Africa: The Role of Biomass Energy and Coal Energy

open access: yesEnergies
South Africa’s national development plan has outlined aspirations to achieve a sustainable environment. However, the country remains bound for an unsustainable trajectory.
Ahlam Sayed A. Salah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The growth and decline of cryonics

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2016
Cryogenic storage has become known as an alternative to burial. While a substantial fraction of the public finds cryonics acceptable, enrollment remains miniscule.
David Sanders Stodolsky
doaj   +1 more source

The legitimate expectations of the investor in contrast to the essential ‎security interests of the host state and its analysis as a political risk [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Khuṣūṣī, 2019
The governments is trying to reconcile between the two Targets to encourage and ‎support foreign investment on the one side and protect of their essential interests on the ‎other hand,Sometimes in conflict with each other, Manage have taken of inserting ...
mehdi meyhami
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Political Risk Affect the Efficiency of the Exchange-Traded Fund Market?—Entropy-Based Analysis Before and After the 2025 U.S. Presidential Inauguration

open access: yesRisks
The aim of this research is to thoroughly investigate the influence of the 2025 Donald Trump Presidential Inauguration on informational efficiency of the U.S. exchange-traded fund market in the context of political risk.
Joanna Olbryś
doaj   +1 more source

An Analysis of Reverse Capital Flow among Rich and Poor Countries (A Critical Review of R.E.Lucas's Paper) [PDF]

open access: yesجستارهای اقتصادی, 2004
This study is a critical review of locus's paper (١٩٩٠) on internationalcapital mobility. The key question that he addresses is:" Why doescapital not flow from rich to poor countries?" The author deals withthe subject by critically reviewing Lucas's work,
Rahim Dallali Isfahani   +1 more
doaj  

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