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Public-Private Partnerships: A Public Economics Perspective [PDF]

IMF Working Papers, 2006
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are spreading all over the world. It may be quite plausible that they were initially started mainly as an attempt to evade expenditure controls and hide public budget deficits. But if they are properly designed and transparently reported, PPPs can play a useful role in enhancing the efficiency of the provision of ...
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Non‐Tariff Measures and U.S. Agricultural Exports

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract How much do non‐tariff measures (NTMs) affect U.S. agricultural exports? While countries maintain a large and diverse set of NTMs to safeguard the health of plants, animals, and humans, policymakers and regulatory bodies may neglect the impact these measures have on international trade.
Yunus Emre Karagulle, Charlotte Emlinger, Jason H. Grant   +2 more
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Dissecting Extreme Price Fluctuations in Mineral Fertilizers: Regularities and Co‐Movements in Light of Global Food Security

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extreme swings in food prices can put food security at risk. Fertilizer prices are among the main drivers of food prices. This work explores the recurrent behavior of the extreme global fertilizer price fluctuations underlying food price dynamics.
Massimiliano Calvia
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Beyond Labels: Exploring Consumer Preferences for Plant‐Based Meat Labeling Policies

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whether meat‐related terms should be permitted on the labels of plant‐based meat alternatives is hotly debated. Utilizing survey data featuring a discrete choice experiment, we examine consumer responses to plant‐based meat alternatives under three labeling scenarios: no restrictions; a ban on meat‐related terms; and a requirement for a ...
Liam J. S. Boldt, Jill E. Hobbs, Patrick Lloyd‐Smith, Yang Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Scoping Review of Nudges for Enhancing Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following PRISMA guidelines, we conduct a scoping review on 18 empirical studies on nudging interventions for farmers in Europe and the USA. The evidence on the effectiveness of nudges is mixed. Some studies demonstrate positive outcomes, particularly when nudges are combined with other interventions; others report no effect or negative ...
Nadja El Benni, Yanbing Wang, Jeanine Ammann, Gabriele Mack, Robert Finger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Public Economics: Public Goods and Externalities [PDF]

Économie publique/Public economics, 2007
Cet article etend l’analyse normative des biens publics et des externalites a un environnement international. La premiere partie considere l’allocation optimale d’un bien public glo­bal. Le caractere desirable de l’efficacite productive globale depend de l’existence de transferts forfaitaires internatio­naux.
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The Campaign to Arrest Ed Shann’s Influence in Western Australia [PDF]

, 2008
Shann towered over the discipline of economics in the state of Western Australia in the first third of the twentieth century. He was the foundation professor in history and economics from 1913 to 1931 and inaugural professor of economics from 1931 to ...
Moore, Gregory C G
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Evaluating Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Impact on Crop Indemnities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2018 Farm Bill established the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (FSCP), which was focused on removing feral hogs and restoring damaged property. We conduct a quasi‐experimental analysis of FSCP on crop damage using crop insurance data and a staggered difference‐in‐difference model.
Hence Duncan, Christopher N. Boyer, Eunchun Park, S. Aaron Smith   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Future Prediction for Tax Complaints to Turkish Ombudsman by Models from Polynomial Regression and Parametric Distribution

Chaos Theory and Applications
The aim of this study is to forecast the amount of tax complaints filed with the Turkish Ombudsman in the future and whether or not policymakers require a specific tax Ombudsman.
Mehmet Niyazi Çankaya, Murat Aydın
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Introduction to Economics as a Public Science

Œconomia, 2019
This short article introduces readers to the papers published in this issue on the theme of “public reason” in economics. It provides ground to the notion of “public reason” in economics as a two-way process taking place in interstitial spaces between ...
Harro Maas, Steven G. Medema, Marco Guidi   +2 more
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