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Economic Crisis and Fiscal Reforms in Latin America [PDF]

The recent financial crisis has initiated pressures for not only policy reform but also fundamental institutional fiscal reforms. This paper explores the connection between economic crises and fiscal institutional reforms in a region that has experienced
Mark Hallerberg, Carlos Scartascini
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
wiley   +1 more source

T. indotineae: A New Emergent Fungal Pathogen Driven by Global Travel. [PDF]

Mycoses
Ortiz B, Morio F, Aguilar K, García F, Fontecha G, Moreno-Sabater A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Health system use and experience among people with poor mental health: A cross-sectional analysis of the People's Voice Survey in 18 countries. [PDF]

PLoS Med
Kruk ME, Kapoor NR, Arsenault C, Carai S, Daray FM, Doubova SV, Ettman CK, Garcia PJ, Getachew T, Garcia-Elorrio E, Lenze EJ, Lewis TP, Mazzoni A, Medina-Ranilla J, Mohan S, Naidoo I, Oh J, Okiro EA, Pate M, Rondon MB, Tarricone R, Wang X, Cavazos-Rehg P.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The United States and Chinese Approaches to Cooperation with the Latin America Countries in the 21st Century

IBEROAMERICA, 2021
openaire   +1 more source

Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Lia Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The risk of global Ebola virus spread is low: epidemiology of Ebola disease cases outside Africa, 1976 to May 2026. [PDF]

Euro Surveill
van Zandvoort K, Procter SR, Azam JM, Sherratt K, Davies NG.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Immigration

This paper is part of the Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States Project from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.The United States is a nation of immigrants.
Shattuck, John, Risse, Mathias
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source