American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin +5 more
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Direct taxes harmonization process in the EU: main results and trends
RUDN Journal of Economics, 2012 Harmonization processes in the EU have been developing since the mid of the 20th century, the most significant results were achieved in the field of indirect taxation.
Y S Ranchinskaya
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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Effectiveness of sugar taxation policies in Asia and Africa: a systematic review. [PDF]
Front Oral HealthFernandes MC +6 more
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Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen +2 more
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Challenges to the development of taxation policies for sugar-sweetened beverages in Colombia. [PDF]
BMJ Glob HealthCárdenas-Torres PA +4 more
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Optimal Redistributive Taxation when Government’s and Agents’ Preferences Differ [PDF]
Paternalism, merit goods and specific egalitarianism are concepts we sometimes meet in the literature. The thing in common is that the policy maker does not fully respect the consumer sovereignty principle and designs policies according to some other ...
Luca Micheletto, Sören Blomquist
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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An assessment of the implications of distribution remuneration and taxation policies on the final prices of prescription medicines: evidence from 35 countries. [PDF]
Eur J Health EconLeon G +5 more
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Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics, 2014 The state administration process and hence also the economy coordination effort requires the promotion of robust, consistent and transparent public policy, which must be accepted by all stakeholders of economic development. Public policy is a set of measures taken by the authorities legally constituted as public power.
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