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A Two‐Step Procedure for Generating Domestic and Asymmetric Trade Costs When Data Are Scarce
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The practice of domestic trade cost measurement faces several challenges related to data quality, methodology and theory; but the major issue is that of data scarcity. Due to these facts, both domestic and asymmetric trade costs have been ignored despite being a feature of modern trade models.
Arman Mazhikeyev
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Global Oil and Gas Stocks: Anomalies, Systematic Risks and Mispricing
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyse anomaly and factor risk premia in the global oil and gas (OG) sector, which plays a central role in the global economy through its importance for energy supply, industrial production, and capital markets. Using firm‐level and portfolio data, we examine whether cross‐sectional return patterns reflect systematic risk compensation or ...
Nader Virk +3 more
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Accurate monitoring of crop water use is critical for precision irrigation, yet conventional lysimeter systems remain too costly and complex for widespread adoption. This study presents the development and field validation of a low‐cost, information and communication technology (ICT)‐enabled weighing lysimeter system that integrates load cells,
Stephen Okwang, Younggu Her, Taeil Jang
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Drivers and Challenges of Micro‐Irrigation Adoption and Intensity in India: A Study of Four States
Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT India's food security relies substantially on groundwater, but inefficient irrigation is seriously depleting this resource. Micro‐irrigation (MI) improves irrigation application efficiency and productivity, yet adoption remains low. This study examines MI adoption across four major Indian states—Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and ...
Gurpreet Singh +2 more
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Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
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The Effect of the Interaction Between Price and Time Preference on Cigarette Consumption
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The primary focus of this essay is to obtain new estimates of the price sensitivity of cigarette consumption and related outcomes using the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). This work expands on the existing literature on the topic by taking into account measures of time preference in the NLSY79 to examine ...
Yan Song
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Fiscal Policy Regimes in Resource‐Rich Economies
Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyse fiscal policy in resource‐rich economies using a novel Bayesian regime‐switching panel model. The identified regimes capture pro‐ or countercyclical fiscal behaviour by allowing regime‐specific shifts in the average fiscal stance, while the switches between the regimes have the interpretation of changes in fiscal policy.
Hilde C. Bjørnland +3 more
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how strategic renewal, driven by the interaction among technological, marketing, and organizational innovation, enhances firms' economic performance. Using a panel dataset of 8871 Spanish firms covering the period 2009–2016, we provide empirical evidence on the different effects of each type of innovation and their ...
Beatriz Forés +3 more
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The tightening of EU sustainability reporting rules has raised a controversial debate between improving corporate transparency and the risk of stifling competitiveness, with ongoing EU‐wide discussions on potential deregulation. We contribute to this debate by examining changes in sustainability reporting practices over time.
Mareike Hockmann, Martin Thomsen
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