Using commodity futures contract and spot prices, we estimate the incidence of the US ethanol subsidy accruing to corn … ethanol producers captured two-thirds of the subsidy, and suggestive evidence that a small portion of this benefit accrued to … or gasoline consumers captured any part of the subsidy. This paper contributes to understanding of biofuels markets and …

scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in … course. Combining data from a 2018 Wellcome Trust survey of more than 75,000 individuals in 138 countries with data on global … reduces trust in scientists and in the benefits of their work. We also illustrate that the decline in trust is driven by the …

-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 stimulates Green Revolution technology adoption and leads to increased maize … yields. Effects of the subsidy persist in later unsubsidized years. In addition, social networks of subsidized farmers …

subsidies, price distortions at the border, and investments in emission-reducing technologies on global greenhouse gas (GHG … analysis indicates that, without subsidies paid directly to farmers, output of some emission-intensive activities and …

context of a subsidy for modern inputs in Uganda, using variation from field and quasi-experiments for parameter estimation …. We find that both the average and distributional impacts of the subsidy differ meaningfully when comparing a local …

normal purchases. What effect do travel costs have on subsidy take-up and input usage, particularly for remote farmers? We … analyze Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP), and show that travel-cost-adjusted prices are substantially higher in … remote areas. However, subsidy redemption is nearly universal. We make use of a policy change in 2017-19 which took …

substantial premium subsidy from the government? We find that providing access to formal insurance significantly increases farmers … informal mechanisms. We also provide several pieces of evidence suggesting that trust, or lack thereof, for government …

Particulate matter significantly reduces life expectancy in India. We use a randomized controlled trial in the Indian … cost-effective way to improve India's air quality …