Industry Organization and Output Size Distribution of Cotton Gins in the U.S. [PDF]
Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 6-9, 2010Cotton, cotton gins, transitional probabilities, Markov, minimum efficient scale, Crop Production/Industries ...
Hudson, Darren, Mutuc, Maria Erlinda M.
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Time and word in social and cultural space of the modernity
Referring to the past era often intends to show the social and political system and, accordingly, focus is on the opinion of philosophers, sociologists, political scientists, etc.
A. I. Ivanov
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ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang +3 more
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Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint [PDF]
We propose a clarification of the notion of a soft budget constraint, a concept widely used in the analysis of socialist, transitional, and market economies. Our interpretation is broad enough to embrace most existing approaches to soft budget constraint
Eric Maskin, Gerard Roland, Janos Kornai
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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Asserting Business Leadership: How Decisionmakers Shift Strategic Advantages and Appropriate Value Under Ambiguities [PDF]
Most business leaders view a volatile and uncertain world as a problem because it makes their decision-making complex and ambiguous, hence risky with “undesirable outcome”.
Ricardo G. Barcelona
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AGGREGATE FOOD DEMAND ANALYSIS FOR A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY: AN APPLICATION TO CHINESE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DATA [PDF]
An analytical framework to assess the effects of changing income and socio-demographic distributions on aggregate food demand functions in transitional economies is presented. Ignoring such distributional effects can lead to biased estimates of aggregate
Mittelhammer, Ronald C. +2 more
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Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union
This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa +3 more
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Subsidies of Energy Carriers and Dynamic Energy Demand Analaysis in the Iranian Manufacturing Industries [PDF]
Energy is aconsidered as one of the major inputs of production along with other inputs such as labor and capital that contribute to the production process.
Alimorad Sharifi, Aboozar Shakeri
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