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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Interstate Competition and Political Stability [PDF]
Previous theories of globalization have examined factor mobility’s effect on the political conflict between social classes. But factor mobility also increases competition between state rulers in providing services for citizens.
Hugh-Jones, David
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A false promise of political stability in Nepal? [PDF]
, 2018 Contrary to the Left Alliance's campaign pledge, it is unlikely that the new government will deliver a new level of political stability to Nepal.
Strasheim, Julia
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Baltic Journal of Economic StudiesThe subject of the study is the institutional resilience of the state during wartime, with a particular emphasis on the political factors that ensure Ukraine’s economic security.
Vladyslav Pustovar +2 more
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Characteristics of local self-government development in Georgia
Ekonomìka Harčovoï Promislovostì, 2020 The article focuses on the fact that for decades, local governments in Georgia have not used their significant reserves effectively. Local governments also lack a modern plan for the socio-economic development of territories.
B. Chichinadze
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Corruption: Democracy, Autocracy, and Political Stability [PDF]
The recent empirical literature on corruption has identified a long list of variables that correlate significantly with corruption but only five were distinguished by Leamer’s Extreme Bounds Analysis as robust to various samples, measures of corruption ...
Hans J. Czap, Kanybek Nur-tegin
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The Socioeconomic Background of the Divergence of Belarusian and Ukrainian Political Systems [PDF]
, 2007 The aim of this paper is to analyze the political, social and economic background of the divergence of Belarusian and Ukrainian transitions. We focus on Belarus in order to find explanation for questions such as why could Lukashenko remain the ...
Mészáros, Ádám
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang +3 more
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EnergiesSouth Asia faces the dual challenge of sustaining rapid economic growth while managing severe ecological pressures. This study explores the relationship between Ecological Footprint (EF), Financial Development (FD), Economic Growth (GDP), Foreign Direct ...
Mohammad Tawfiq Noorzai +4 more
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