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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Premium subsidy designs and crowding out of insurance demand

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is an important instrument to protect farmers against extreme weather events. Many countries provide subsidies for crop insurance products to make insurance more affordable for farmers. The Federal Crop Insurance Program in the United States and major European crop insurance programs such as in Spain, Italy, and France focus on ...
Tim Philippi
wiley   +1 more source

Why Votes Have a Value [PDF]

We perform an experiment where subjects pay for the right to participate in a shareholder vote. We find that experimental subjects are willing to pay a significant premium for the voting right even though there should be no such premium in our setup ...
Lydia Mechtenberg, Ernst Maug, Dorothea Kübler, Ingolf Dittmann   +3 more
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Multi-omics analysis reveals the aging mechanism during Baobaoqu storage for the production of Wuliangye Baijiu. [PDF]

Food Chem X
Luo Q, Li X, Li J, Zhao P, Chen J, Lei X, Lu Y, Deng L, Yang K, Su J, Zhao D, Zheng J, Zhao X.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic authentication of premium tobacco extracts using machine learning models trained on LC-HRMS fingerprints. [PDF]

Front Mol Biosci
Xu XJ, Wang M, Li XP, Zhang WC, Zeng ST, Shi QZ, Ma YW, Lu BB, Liu S, Wang DZ, Wang RQ, Hu J.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using pre‐ and post‐entry data to identify the effect of ethanol plant entry on the spatial pattern of corn prices: A study in Indiana

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We estimate the long‐run effect of ethanol plant entry on local corn prices using a long‐horizon difference‐in‐differences framework that combines matching with fixed effects while explicitly accounting for treatment intensity and spatial heterogeneity.
Jinho Jung, Juan P. Sesmero, Ralph Siebert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociodemographic characteristics and tobacco use patterns associated with using premium, value and deep-discount cigarettes among US adults who smoke: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2021. [PDF]

Tob Control
Robichaud MO, Pacek LR, Bover Manderski MT, O'Connor RJ, Ganz O, Delnevo CD.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Standardising the measurement of cigar tax rates in the USA, 2010-2024. [PDF]

Tob Control
Scoblic G, Fung RYL, Friedman AS, Pesko MF.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source