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Convergence and public investment: Regional policies revisited [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to add new arguments to the debate on the redesign of regional policies. An endogenous growth model is presented with two regions where the crucial issue for the removal of regional disparities is public investment.
Diego Martínez López   +1 more
core  

Privatising other people’s water: the contradictory policies of Netherlands, Norway and Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The Nordic countries, including Norway and Sweden, are famous for their strong welfare state and public services. Stockholm’s public sector water company hosts the world’s leading annual conference of water, in a week that celebrates its achievement of ...
Hall, David
core  

Supply chain risk in grain trading: Inventories as real options for shipping grain

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating trading and logistics is an important challenge in commodity trading. Trading and logistics are strategic decisions and are integral to most commodities including grain shipping by rail, in addition to other modes (barges, ocean shipping). There are substantial risks, such as the ordering and placement of rail cars.
William W. Wilson, Jesse Klebe
wiley   +1 more source

Food and Nutrition Public Policies in Brazil: From Malnutrition to Obesity. [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2022
Moriguchi Watanabe L   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring barriers to utilizing local agricultural products in the catering industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Both the proportion and expenditure of dining out and takeaway in Taiwan have been increasing year by year. This study investigates the factors influencing the catering service providers (CSPs) procurement of domestically produced or imported food materials.
Wan‐Yu Liu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relative cost of ginning cotton using saw, conventional roller, and high‐speed roller gins in the United States

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether the cost of processing cotton using high‐speed roller gins is comparable to saw gins. The results from a “true” random effect model estimated using proprietary data voluntarily shared by cotton gins operating in Arizona and California showed that the average cost inefficiency for ...
Ram N. Acharya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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