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Efficiency Costs of Subsidy Rules for Crop Insurance [PDF]

Participation in federal crop insurance programs has been encouraged through premium subsidies. The current subsidy depends on contract features as well as coverage levels. This type of subsidy rule causes farmers to choose contract designs and coverages
Black, J. Roy, Hanson, Steven D., Wang, H. Holly   +2 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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Biofuel subsidies: an open-economy analysis [PDF]

We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal biofuel subsidy is zero.
Howard J. Wall, Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Sumon Bhaumik   +2 more
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Motivation crowding in real consumption decisions: Who is messing with my groceries? [PDF]

, 2014
We present evidence of crowding out of intrinsic motivation in real purchasing decisions from a field experiment in a large supermarket chain. We compare three instruments, a label, a subsidy and a neutral price change, in their ability to induce ...
Andreoni, Andreoni, Arce, Ariely, Bem, Bhapkar, Bjørner, Bowles, Bowles, Bénabou, Charness, Chetty, Corgnet, Deci, Eckel, Ellingsen, Falk, Fehr, Fehr, Frey, Frey, Frey, Frey, Frohlich, Gneezy, Gneezy, Goeschl, Harrison, Heyes, Heyman, Kahneman, Kallbekken, Meier, Meier, Mellström, Noussair, Schnedler, Sliwka, UK Office for National Statistics.   +38 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
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Lessons from a pilot program to induce stove replacements in Chile: design, implementation and evaluation

Environmental Research Letters, 2017
We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of a subsidy program to introduce cleaner and more efficient household wood combustion technologies. The program was conducted in the city of Temuco, one of the most polluted cities in southern Chile,
Walter Gómez, Carlos Chávez, Hugo Salgado, Felipe Vásquez   +3 more
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Benefits of foreign direct investment subsidies: The role of funding sources [PDF]

, 2023
WONTAE HAN, Wang Jian, Xiao Wang
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Evaluation the Effect of Food Subsidy Reduction on Iranian Household Calorie Intake: VAR Application [PDF]

In each year, Iranian government provides for food subsidy in its budget. Recently, the effect of food subsidy to the households has been controversial.
Heidary, Khalil, Kavand, Hossein
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-financing Tax/Subsidy Mechanisms in Environmental Regulation with Many Firms [PDF]

We consider the application of self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation and explore the question whether these mechanisms yield strong investment incentives in a market with many firms under Cournot competition. It turns out that
Breitscheidel, Jörg
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