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Food Price Volatility and Domestic Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries
Gouel, Christophe - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
advice to rely on safety nets and world trade. Despite the limitations of food price stabilization policies, they are … national interest of many countries to adjust trade policies to take advantage of the world market in order to achieve domestic … price stability. When countercyclical trade policies become widespread, the result is a thinner and less reliable world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969308
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Property Rights, Land Conflict and Tenancy in Brazil
Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Tenancy has been a means for labor to advance their socio-economic condition in agriculture yet in Brazil and Latin America, tenancy rates are low compared to the U.S. and the OECD countries. We test for the importance of insecure property rights in Brazil on the reluctance of landowners to rent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008631684
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The Demarcation of Land and the Role of Coordinating Institutions
Libecap, Gary D.; Lueck, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This paper examines the origins and economic effects of the two dominant land demarcation systems: metes and bounds (MB) and the rectangular system (RS). Under MB property is demarcated by its perimeter as indicated by natural features and human structures and linked to surveys within local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005064830
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Forest Protection: The Transaction Costs of REDD
Alston, Lee J.; Andersson, Krister - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Understanding and minimizing the transaction costs of policy implementation are critical for reducing tropical forest losses. As the international community prepares to launch REDD+, a global initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation, policymakers need to pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836719
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Incorporating Climate Uncertainty into Estimates of Climate Change Impacts, with Applications to U.S. and African Agriculture
Miguel, Edward Andrew; Burke, Marshall; Dykema, John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
A growing body of economics research projects the effects of global climate change on economic outcomes. Climate scientists often criticize these articles because nearly all ignore the well-established uncertainty in future temperature and rainfall changes, and therefore appear likely to have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025240
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The Agricultural Productivity Gap
Gollin, Douglas; Lagakos, David; Waugh, Michael E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
According to national accounts data, value added per worker is much higher in the non-agricultural sector than in agriculture in the typical country, and particularly so in developing countries. Taken at face value, this "agricultural productivity gap" suggests that labor is greatly misallocated...
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Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda
Rogerson, Richard; Gollin, Douglas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
A large fraction of Uganda's population continues to earn a living from quasi-subsistence agriculture. This paper uses a static general equilibrium model to explore the relationships between high transportation costs, low productivity, and the size of the quasi-subsistence sector. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008635911
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Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
Olken, Benjamin; Dell, Melissa; Jones, Benjamin F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
climatic changes on economic activity throughout the world. We find three primary results. First, higher temperatures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720168
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Tropical Underdevelopment
Sachs, Jeffrey D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001
Most recent cross-country analyses of economic growth have neglected the importance of physical geography. This paper reviews the distinctive development challenges faced by economies situated in tropical climates. Using geographic information system (GIS) mapping, the paper presents evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720352
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Geography and Economic Development
Gallup, John Luke; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Mellinger, Andrew D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998
This paper addresses the complex relationship between geography and macroeconomic growth. We investigate the ways in which geography may matter directly for growth, controlling for economic policies and institutions, as well as the effects of geography on policy choices and institutions. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777535