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Much ado about modalities: Multicountry experiments on the effects of cash and food transfers on consumption patterns

Gilligan, Daniel; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

Aid agencies often provide transfers in food rather than cash out of a paternalistic belief that food transfers will … better improve household food security. However, evidence from Latin America shows that cash transfers often increase the …, with previous literature arguing that transfers shift intrahousehold bargaining. Until now, there has been little rigorous …

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POTENTIAL HEALTHCARE SAVINGS FROM PLANT STEROL ENRICHED FOODS IN CANADA

Gyles, Collin; Carlberg, Jared G.; Jones, Peter J.H. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010

Increased consumption of foods containing plant sterols has the potential to reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and thus reduce costs associated with treating that disease in a significant way. This paper reports the results of an investigation of the potential monetary...

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Voting or Buying: Inconsistency in Preferences toward Food Safety in Restaurants

Alphonce, Roselyne; Alfnes, Frode; Sharma, Amit - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Consumers sometimes prefer stricter food regulations as voters than as consumers. A prime example is that battery-cage eggs were the most sold types of eggs in California in 2008 when 63% of voters supported the animal welfare proposition forbidding battery-cage eggs starting from from 2015. In...

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Ethanol Trade as impacted by climatic variability: Lessons from the U.S-Brazil experience

Tewari, Rachna; Malaga, Jaime; Johnson, Jeff; Mitchell, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

This study analyzes the impact of climatic variability on ethanol trade between Brazil and the U.S utilizing a partial equilibrium model of ethanol import demand and export supply. The results suggest that climatic factors play an important role in the feedstock production for ethanol, in the...

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Perspectives on the current stance of monetary policy

Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013

February 21, 2013. Presentation. "Perspectives on the Current Stance of Monetary Policy." NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business, New York, N.Y.

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U.S. monetary policy: still appropriate

Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2012

June 29, 2012. Presentation. "U.S. Monetary Policy: Still Appropriate." Presented at Dialogue with the Fed, Little Rock, Arkansas.

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U.S. monetary policy: easier than you think it is

Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013

February 14, 2013. Presentation. "U.S. Monetary Policy: Easier Than You Think It Is." Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi

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Four questions for current monetary policy

Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013

October 2, 2013. Opening Remarks. Given at the Federal Reserve/CSBS Community Banking Research Conference, Community Banking in the 21st Century, St. Louis

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Opening remarks

Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013

April 11, 2013. Opening Remarks. Given at the 2013 Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference, Resilience and Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities: Research to Inform Policy and Practice, Washington, D.C.

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The U.S. monetary policy outlook

Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2012

April 5, 2012. Presented at the InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum, St. Louis.

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