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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Public Sector Financial Reform in Italy
, 2005 The chapter provides a state-of-the-art review of New Public Financial Management (NPFM) reforms in Italian central and local government by focusing on the vast renewal process, which, in the past decade, saw the Italian public administration seeking to ...
MUSSARI, RICCARDO
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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Essay Review: New Public Management in New Zealand: The Past, Present and Future
, 2014 Almost three decades ago, the world of Public Policy and Administration (PPA) was rocked by New Public Management (NPM), a liberal gospel advocating the application of business administration models to the management of public services in lieu of the old
Tawat, Mahama
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Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL INDICATORS IN A ROMANIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTION: THE ROLE OF INTERNAL AUDIT IN PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria EconomieThis paper aims to analyze the financial performance of Romania's National Public Pension House (CNPP) and evaluate the role of internal audit in public financial management.
UDRESCU LUCIA-MARIA
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Lessons from the Current Financial Crisis. A Risk Management Approach [PDF]
In the last twenty years, the financial risk management has gained an important role for the companies and financial institutions. Financial innovations have improved the efficiency of risk management process, but at the same time, they have imposed new ...
Gheorghe VOINEA, Sorin Gabriel ANTON
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci +4 more
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Audit quality, public ownership and firms' discretionary accruals management. [PDF]
Francis et al. (1999) and Becker et al. (1998) report evidence that audit quality acts as a constraint on both income-increasing and income-decreasing earnings management in public firms. These results raise several interesting questions.
Gaeremynck, Ann +2 more
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina +1 more
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