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The Impact of Economic Diversification on Labor Productivity in Russian Regions

open access: yesРегионология
Introduction. Achieving national goals requires reducing the dependence on commodity exports based on the diversification of the economic structure, which has its own characteristics in regions with different industrial specialization, having a different
Irina V. Grishina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Une dynamique regionale fondee sur la diversification industrielle : l’expérience de la région de Caxias do Sul

open access: yesConfins, 2008
This paper deals with the economic development of the region of Caxias do Sul, situated in the south of Brazil, which presents some peculiarities that have been deserving little attention by the newest trends and developments of the literature on ...
Áurea Breitbach
doaj   +1 more source

Methods of assessment of efficiency of creating regional innovative clusters for dynamic development of economics

open access: yes, 2017
The deployment of a systemic economic crisis in Ukraine was conditioned by the aggravation of the socio-economic situation in certain regions and the build-up of structural deformations in the economy and the preservation of an inefficient model of ...
R. Kozhukhіvska   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do Consumers Value Diversity in Agriculture? A Choice Experiment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm ownership in the US today is racially and ethnically homogeneous. Diverse farmers and ranchers make up less than 10% of all producers, they tend to be less financially stable and have tighter profit margins. In the past few years, both government and industry programs have aimed to increase the participation and profitability of diverse ...
Maria Kalaitzandonakes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

Commuting in Belgian metropolitan areas: The power of the Alonso-Muth model

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2010
In order to understand patterns of urban commuter flows, insight is required into urban spatial structure (and vice versa). The present contribution first provides a concise overview of the theoretical perspectives from which economists and geographers ...
Ann Verhetsel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of public capital towards economic growth: A KwaZulu-Natal case study

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2017
Background: The adequate supply of infrastructure is essential to ensure increasing productivity and economic growth. Research found this relationship to be significantly positive.
Clive E. Coetzee, Ewert P.J. Kleynhans
doaj   +1 more source

The Financial Status and Local Credit Market Conditions of U.S. Farms Engaged in Multiple Borrowing

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural producers often borrow from multiple lenders, raising concerns about credit risk and monitoring. We construct detailed farm‐level measures of how debt is distributed across lenders and examine how farm financial status and the physical presence of local lenders are linked to this practice.
Sylvanus Gaku   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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