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Subsidies and the African Green Revolution : Direct Effects and Social Network Spillovers of Randomized Input Subsidies in Mozambique
Carter, Michael - 2019
The Green Revolution bolstered agricultural yields and rural well-being in Asia and Latin America, but bypassed sub-Saharan Africa. We study the first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) in Africa. A temporary subsidy for Mozambican maize farmers...
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Can Network Theory-based Targeting Increase Technology Adoption?
Beaman, Lori - 2018
In order to induce farmers to adopt a productive new agricultural technology, we apply simple and complex contagion diffusion models on rich social network data from 200 villages in Malawi to identify seed farmers to target and train on the new technology. A randomized controlled trial compares...
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Hog Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy : Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920-1960
Olmstead, Alan L. - 2003
Between 1928 and 1960 U.S. cotton production witnessed a revolution with average yields roughly tripling while the quality of the crop increased significantly. This paper analyzes the key institutional and scientific developments that facilitated the revolution in biological technologies,...
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Two Blades of Grass : The Impact of the Green Revolution
Gollin, Douglas - 2018
We examine the economic impact of high-yielding crop varieties (HYVs) in developing countries 1960-2000. We use time variation in the development and diffusion of HYVs of 10 major crops, spatial variation in agro-climatically suitability for growing them, and a differences-in-differences...
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The Effects of Fair Trade Certification : Evidence from Coffee Producers in Costa Rica
Dragusanu, Raluca - 2018
We examine the effects of Fair Trade (FT) certification of coffee on producers and households in Costa Rica. Examining the production dynamics of the universe of Costa Rican coffee mills from 1999-2014, we find that FT certification is associated with a higher sales price, greater sales, and...
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The Economics of Fair Trade
Dragusanu, Raluca E. - 2014
Fair Trade is a labeling initiative aimed at improving the lives of the poor in developing countries by offering better terms to producers and helping them to organize. In this survey, we provide a critical overview of the economic theory behind Fair Trade, describing the potential benefits and...
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On ESG Investing : Heterogeneous Preferences, Information, and Asset Prices
Goldstein, Itay; Kopytov, Alexandr; Shen, Lin; Xiang, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study how environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing reshapes information aggregation by prices. We develop a rational expectations equilibrium model in which traditional and green investors are informed about financial and ESG risks but have different preferences over them. Because...
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Adoption of CSR and Sustainability Reporting Standards : Economic Analysis and Review
Christensen, Hans B. - 2019
) and sustainability reporting. To frame our analysis, we consider a widespread mandatory adoption of CSR reporting … number of insights that are relevant to the current debate on CSR and sustainability reporting and provides scholars with …This study provides an economic analysis of the determinants and consequences of corporate social responsibility (CSR …
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Toward an Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility : Theory and Field Experimental Evidence
Hedblom, Daniel - 2019
responsibility (CSR). Our natural field experiment, in which we created our own firm and hired actual workers, generates a rich data … set on worker behavior and responses to both pecuniary and CSR incentives. Making use of a novel identification framework … treatment and selection effects of both CSR and financial incentives. Using data from more than 1100 job seekers, we find strong …
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Going Green in China : Firms’ Responses to Stricter Environmental Regulations
Fan, Haichao - 2019
performance, and environmental innovation. Reducing COD levels by 10% relative to 2005 levels is an aim of the Chinese 11th Five …
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