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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining ownership and governance for carbon dioxide removal (CDR): exploring existing alternative models to advance equity and justice

open access: yesCarbon Management
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies are rapidly transitioning from research to real-world application. At present, private-sector oriented logics for CDR deployment dominate—a primacy that poses several risks for just and equitable outcomes.
Giulia Belotti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bank Risk-Taking During COVID-19: The Role of Private and Public Ownership in GCC

open access: yesInternational Journal of Financial Studies
This study explores the ownership–risk relationship in the GCC emerging economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining 44 commercial banks classified as private and publicly owned banks.
Abdullah Aldousari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ownership Concentration, 'Private Benefits of Control' and Debt Financing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Building on the ‘law and economics’ literature, this paper analyses corporate governance implications of debt financing in an environment where a dominant owner is able to extract ex ante ‘private benefits of control’.
Filatotchev, I, Mickiewicz, T
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Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Patient Capital Enhance Agribusiness Resilience? Evidence From Chinese Listed Agribusinesses

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In emerging economies where smallholder farming dominates agricultural production, agribusinesses serve as critical intermediaries linking smallholders to broader markets, and their resilience directly affects agricultural sustainability. Short‐term‐oriented capital is reluctant to adequately finance highly uncertain and cyclical agricultural ...
Siyuan Lyu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Government Versus Private Ownership of Public Goods [PDF]

open access: yesThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001
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Besley, Timothy J., Ghatak, Maitreesh
openaire   +3 more sources

Large Language Model‐Based Chatbots in Higher Education

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education can facilitate personalized learning experiences, advance asynchronized learning, and support instructors, students, and researchers across diverse fields. The development of regulations and guidelines that address ethical and legal issues is essential to ensure safe and responsible adaptation
Defne Yigci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence for Advanced Functional Materials: Progress and Emerging Frontiers

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Artificial intelligence is transforming the discovery of functional materials by linking synthesis, characterization, simulation, and design in unified workflows. Advances in machine learning, autonomous experimentation, and foundation models are accelerating innovation across energy, electronics, and biomedicine, while revealing new frontiers for ...
Cristiano Malica   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

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