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Can Numerical Models Estimate Indirect Land-use Change?
Brunelle, Thierry; Dumas, Patrice - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
Motivated by the conclusions from various modelling studies, modifications to the bioenergy sector regulations are under way in Europe and in the USA to account for emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC). Despite their influence on the policy-making, evaluations of the capacity of...
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
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Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean S.; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
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GM Cotton Adoption, Recent and Prospective: A Global CGE Analysis of Economic Impacts
Anderson, Kym; Jackson, Lee Ann; Valenzuela, Ernesto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. Use is made of the latest version of the GTAP database and model. Our results suggest that by following...
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WTO's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues
Anderson, Kym; Valenzuela, Ernesto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Four West African nations have demanded the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. This paper provides estimates of the potential economic impacts of (a)...
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The Nexus Land-Use Model, an Approach Articulating Biophysical Potentials and Economic Dynamics to Model Competition for Land-Uses
Souty, F.; Brunelle, T.; Dumas, P.; Dorin, B.; Ciais, P.; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
, it makes it possible to explore interactions among different types of demand for biomass for food and animal feed, in a …Interactions between food demand, biomass energy and forest preservation are driving both food prices and land … biophysics and economics into a single coherent framework to calculate crop yields, food prices, and resulting pasture and …
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A Modelling Framework for Addressing the Synergies between Global Conventions through Land Use Changes: Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity Conservation, Prevention of Land Degradat...
Ponce-Hernandez, Raul - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
increases biodiversity, the prevention of land degradation and food security through the increases in crop yields. The framework … desertification and food security. Their synergies are targeted by providing procedures for assessing and identifying simultaneously … carbon sinks, potential increases in plant diversity, measures to prevent land degradation and enhancements in food security …
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Estimating Ricardian Models With Panel Data
Massetti, Emanuele; Mendelsohn, Robert - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
Many nonmarket valuation models, such as the Ricardian model, have been estimated using cross sectional methods with a single year of data. Although multiple years of data should increase the robustness of such methods, repeated cross sections suggest the results are not stable. We argue that...
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Trade Barrier Volatility and Agricultural Price Stabilization
Anderson, Kym; Nelgen, Signe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
extreme upward price spikes, trade policy responses by food importers are as substantial as those of exporting countries. The …
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Export Restrictions and Price Insulation During Commodity Price Booms
Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
For individual countries, variable trade barriers can be used to reduce the volatility of domestic relative to world prices. If this is done by countries accounting for a large share of the market, its effect is offset by increases in world price volatility. This study shows the nature of the...
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