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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging Two Schools of Thought : Applications of Public Relations Theory to Political Marketing

open access: yes, 2010
The use of public relations strategies and tactics are ubiquitous in many areas of political communication. This is especially evident when considering the emerging field of political marketing.
Kiousis, Spiro,   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Two Ways to Justify the Limit of Political Possibilities

open access: yes, 2015
Political theories may exercise a normative function. When political theories are meant to play such a normative role, their main objective consists in providing principles for political action: principles that would enlighten which courses of action ...
G. Favara
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Confucian Educational Thought and Its Relevance to Contemporary Vietnamese Education

open access: yesPhilosophies
This study explores the contemporary relevance of Confucian educational thought in the context of Vietnam’s ongoing educational reform. It examines how foundational Confucian principles—particularly those related to moral cultivation, pedagogical methods,
Phuong Thi Nguyen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

(Don't) fear the bad leader: three influential myths about bad leadership

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
IntroductionScholarship on bad leadership remains dominated by leader-centric paradigms that overstate the explanatory power of individual traits while neglecting the relational and identity-based processes that sustain harmful authority.
Rudolf Metz, Rudolf Metz
doaj   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post-politics and the Anthropocene: towards a post-foundational environmental political theory [PDF]

open access: yes
The concept of post-politics has played a key role in diagnosing Anthropocene discourse and showing how it has reinforced the managerial, technocratic, and market logics of much environmental politics.
Kenis, A
core   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Relations Between Ukraine and African States, 2022–2025

open access: yesModern Africa
This study examines Ukraine’s challenges in pursuing the African direction of its foreign policy during the Russian-Ukrainian war that began in 2014 and intensified from in 2022 on.
Nataliia Khoma, Ihor Vdovychyn
doaj   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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