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Adoption of organic agriculture: Evidence from cocoa farming in Ghana
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2016 Cocoa farmers in Suhum area have been cultivating conventional cocoa for several years. However, as at 2012 about 1,000 farmers had switched to the cultivation of cocoa organically.
Justice G. Djokoto +2 more
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A Note on the Persistence of Firms' Innovation Behavior: A Dynamic Random Effect Probit Model Approach [PDF]
Is firms' innovation behavior persistent? Using both patent and R&D intensity as proxy variables of innovation and employing a new estimation method of the dynamic random effect probit model, this study finds a strong effect of state dependence after ...
Chia-Hui Huang
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Joint Modeling of Birth Outcomes Using a Copula Distributional Regression Approach
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Low birth weight and preterm birth are key indicators of neonatal health, influencing both immediate and long‐term infant outcomes. While low birth weight may reflect fetal growth restrictions, preterm birth captures disruptions in gestational development. Ignoring the potential interdependence between these variables may lead to an incomplete
Giampiero Marra, Rosalba Radice
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A Simple Representation of the Bera-Jarque-Lee Test for Probit Models [PDF]
The inference in probit models relies on the assumption of normality. However, tests of this assumption are not implemented in standard econometric software. Therefore, the paper presents a simple representation of the Bera-Jarque-Lee test, that does not
Joachim Wilde
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Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Mental Health Around Pregnancy
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study estimates the effects on perinatal mental health of the state's minimum wage and earned income tax credit (EITC), controlling for other policies and state‐level factors. Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for 2012–2018 births we find robust evidence that minimum wages and EITC levels reduce depression ...
Bryce J. Stanley, Karen Smith Conway
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Citation: 'probit' in the IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed.; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14953 • License: The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International for individual terms.
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A Note on Estimated Coefficients in Random Effects Probit Models. [PDF]
This note points out to applied researchers what adjustments are needed to the coefficient estimates in a random effects probit model in order to make valid comparisons in terms of coefficient estimates and marginal effects across different ...
Arulampalam, W.
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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The Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes in the MENA Countries: a Probit Analysis [PDF]
This paper analysis the choice of exchange regimes of 17 economies in the MENA region for the period 1990-2000. For this purpose we use both de jure and de facto regime classifications and estimate a series of binomial and multinomial probit models ...
Sfia Daly
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The effect of climate change adaptation strategies on bean yield in central and northern Uganda [PDF]
, 2020 This paper analyses the impact of adaptation to climate change on bean productivity on a micro-scale using instrumental variable techniques in a two-stage econometric model, using data collected from farming households in northern and central Uganda.
Bonabana-Wabbi, Jackline +2 more
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