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Philanthropic behaviour and motives
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013 Even though philanthropy tends to be considered a sociological theme rather than an economic one, it poses a number of questions that challenge economists as well.
Vladimír Hyánek, Marie Hladká
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Electoral opportunism and economic policy: disentangling myopia and moderation
Political Science Research and MethodsThis study jointly considers two opportunistic behaviors among political incumbents that may be triggered by electoral uncertainty—policy myopia and policy moderation—which hitherto have been the focus of separate research traditions.
Axel Cronert, Pär Nyman
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Public Discourse in Nineteenth-century Dutch Economics
Œconomia, 2020 This study addresses the role of literary and economic periodicals in the public debate and the development of economic thought in the Netherlands from 1800 to circa 1900.
Bert Tieben
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous inflammatory condition with widely varying global prevalence estimates. The frequency of SLE in the general population of Australia has been reported to be notably lower than contemporary estimates in countries such as the United States or United Kingdom, at 19 to 39 per 100,000 as opposed ...
Lucinda Roper +7 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia +4 more
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The macroeconomic analysis of public goods and their influence in the region of Czech Republic
Audit Financiar, 2016 In the region of Czech Republic, the provision of public goods is one of the State’s most important activities with society-wide impacts. Therefore, the debate on the structure and scope of public budgets is legitimate and ongoing on a society-wide scale.
Richard POSPÍŠIL
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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The distributional outcomes of one-size-fits-all policy response to societal disruptions on local government transfer dependence [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Regional ScienceThis research explores how the one-size-fits-all government-led counter-cyclical policy response to societal disruptions, in this case COVID-19, produces distributed fiscal autonomy outcomes across local governments.
Daniel Pop
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden +5 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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