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Dynamic changes in the structure and concentration of the international grain and oilseed trading industry

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper aims to describe the evolution of firm and industry strategies and to analyze detailed transaction data on the structure of the international grain trading industry. Specifically, data are developed from vessel nominations, and these were used to derive measures of concentration and determine how these change across selected ...
William W. Wilson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What matters for agricultural trade? Assessing the role of trade deal provisions using machine learning

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper employs machine learning to determine which preferential trade agreement (PTA) provisions are relevant to agricultural trade patterns and the factors that may influence their adoption. Utilizing the three‐way gravity model, we apply plug‐in Lasso regularized regression to pinpoint predictive PTA provisions for agricultural trade ...
Stepan Gordeev   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor shortages and farmer adaptation strategies

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Labor shortages are a growing challenge for U.S. agricultural producers, but little is known about farmers' adaptation strategies. We estimate the statistical relationship between farm labor shortages and adaptation strategies among California farmers.
Myat Thida Win   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SNAP online purchasing and the healthfulness of food purchases

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates the effects of the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot expansion (SNAP OPP) on SNAP households' online grocery shopping behaviors and the healthfulness of their food‐at‐home purchases. We explore quasi‐experimental estimates of the impact of online purchasing by leveraging a unique natural experiment: the staggered ...
I‐Hung Kuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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