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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Popular society increasingly questions preferences that drive many resource allocations and production decisions, with many groups actively seeking to alter those preferences to achieve changes to resource use. Agricultural and applied economists, who are already equipped with excellent technical skills to undertake consumer preference and ...
Brian E. Roe
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Fiscal Equalization in the System of Financial Support of Ukraine’s Regions: the Current State and Vector of Development [PDF]
Problemi Ekonomiki, 2016 The peculiarities in the functioning of the current system of inter-budget relations in Ukraine from the perspective of its impact on the regional development have been disclosed.
Voznyak Halyna V.
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FARM FIRM MICRO-ECONOMETRIC MODELLING:EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIAN DAIRY FARMING [PDF]
This study develops a micro econometric model of specialised dairy farms in Moscow Region using panel data over the period 1995-1998. The model is used to analyse the role of input and output subsidies in the on-farm decision making.
Bezlepkina, Irina V. +2 more
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Economics of land‐based carbon mitigation
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural land holds tremendous potential to contribute to net zero greenhouse gas emission goals by providing low carbon renewable energy to displace fossil fuels and by serving as a sink for sequestering carbon in the soil with climate‐smart practices. This potential is, however, far from being realized.
Madhu Khanna
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Tax Policies for Low-Carbon Technologies [PDF]
The U.S. tax code provides a number of subsidies for low-carbon technologies. I discuss the difficulties of achieving key policy goals with subsidies as opposed to using taxes to raise the price of pollution-related activities.
Gilbert Metcalf
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The provision of residential and community‐based services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) has become increasingly important following the deinstitutionalization movement. Much of the existing research on supportive housing focuses on housing outcomes rather than exploring how the program helps its residents thrive in the ...
Kenna E. Dickard, Greg Townley
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Subsidies, production structure and technical change – A cross-country comparison [PDF]
The effect of subsidies on production and technical change of crop farms in France and the United Kingdom (UK) during 1980-2006 is investigated. Subsidies were not neutral on production decisions, in terms of production intensity and type.
Key, Nigel D. +2 more
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Do Variations in State Consultation Programs Affect Construction Fatality Rates?
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Along with its enforcement program, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a voluntary consultation program that responds to requests from firms to identify hazards at their workplaces. We studied the effects of this program on fatal work injuries in the construction industry.
Wayne B. Gray, John Mendeloff
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton +2 more
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