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The Response of Consumption to Income Shocks: Evidence from the Indian Trade Liberalization
Tandon, Sharad; Landes, Maurice R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper uses the Indian tariff reforms of the early nineties to estimate how households responded to the negative income shocks caused by the tariff decreases. Households more hurt by the tariff reform decreased overall expenditure, but the response is not uniform across food items. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021043
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Aflatoxin Redux: Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa?
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/02/10.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020271
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Do Water Service Provision Contracts with Neighbouring Population Centres Reduce Drinking Water Risk on Canadian Reserves?
Woods, Bethany; Deaton, B. James - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
As of 2011, 39% of drinking water systems on Canadian First Nations’ reserves could be classified as high risk, or unequipped to safely deal with the infiltration of a pollutant (Neegan Burnside 2011a). In recent years, some First Nations have contracted water services from neighboring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068704
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Sensitive Product Treatment in Agricultural Trade Negotiations
Durand-Morat, Alvaro; Wailes, Eric J.; Sharp, Misti - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
The fact that trade, and especially agricultural trade, remains far from free is puzzling, since the superiority of … free trade receives overwhelming support among economists (Gawande and Krishna, 2003; Rodrik, 1994). International trade … scholars have devoted significant resources to forecasting the impact of trade policy reforms (for a survey of these studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020997
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Policy Responses to 2008 High Food Prices: Domestic Incentives and Global Implications
Woolverton, Andrea E.; Kiawu, James - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
Global food commodity price inflation beginning in 2006 and continuing through mid-2008 became a priority concern for global consumers, producers and policy-makers alike. In response, many governments across the world implemented policies targeting high food commodity prices in their domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024941
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Fertilizer Subsidies and Voting Patterns: Political Economy Dimensions of Input Subsidy Programs
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, T.S.; Walle, Nicolas van de - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Agricultural input subsidies often have implicit or explicit political economy objectives. Using panel data from Zambia, this article empirically tests whether election outcomes affect targeting of subsidized fertilizer and whether fertilizer subsidies win votes. Results suggest that the Zambian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916073
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A Financial Contracting Approach to the Role of Supermarkets in Farmers' Credit Access
Marcoul, Philippe; Veyssiere, Luc - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/17/08.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005804685
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TECHNOLOGICAL SPILLOVERS -- THE ARGUMENT FOR TRADE?
Czap, Hans J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004
This paper examines the validity of anti-trade arguments that are based on the absence of technological spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806744
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Development in the Midst of Drought: Evaluating an Agricultural Extension and Credit Program in Nicaragua.
Mullally, Conner - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper measures the impact of year one of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Rural Business Development program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021002
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Development in the Midst of Drought: Evaluating an Agricultural Extension and Credit Program in Nicaragua.
Mullally, Conner - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Abstract: This essay is an evaluation of year one of the Rural Business Development (RBD) program for small rice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009210899