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Impacts of Droughts and Floods on Agricultural Productivity in New Zealand as Measured from Space
Blanc, Élodie; Noy, Ilan - 2022
This study estimates the impact of excess precipitation (or the absence of rainfall) on productivity of agricultural … productivity. Overall, we find statistically significant declines in agricultural productivity that is associated with both floods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013296265
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Technological regimes in the Brazilian manufacturing industry: An empirical investigation
Vieira, Vinicius; Resende, Marcelo - 2013
The paper aims at assessing technological regimes in the context of the Brazilian manufacturing industry along the 2000-2005 period. The industries were classified in terms of SM-I and SM-II technological regimes by means of multivariate statistical methods based on variable approximating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291539
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The extensive margin of exporting products: A firm-level analysis
Arkolakis, Costas; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2010
We use a panel of Brazilian exporters, their products, and destination markets to document a set of regularities for multi-product exporters: (i) few top-selling products account for the bulk of a firm's exports in a market, (ii) the distribution of exporter scope (the number of products per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274748
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The deepening China Brazil economic relationship
Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - 2010
We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil …'s largest export market while Brazil's export share to the US has halved. The number of bilateral cooperation agreements between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274919
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The structure of worker compensation in Brazil, with a comparison to France and the United States
Menezes Filho, Naércio Aquino; Mündler, Marc-Andreas; … - 2006
We employ a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set for Brazil to analyze wage determinants and compare … selectivity of Brazilian workers into formal employment. The links between firm performance and wage components in Brazil resemble …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275905
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A Destination-Based Allowance for Corporate Equity
Hebous, Shafik - 2019
Following renewed academic and policy interest in the destination-based principle for taxing profits—particularly through a destination-based cash flow tax (DBCFT)—this paper studies other forms of efficient destination-based taxes. Specifically, it analyzes the Destination-Based Allowance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892223
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Job Displacement Insurance and (the Lack of) Consumption-Smoothing
Gerard, Francois - 2019
matched employee-employer data from Brazil, we find that displaced workers eligible for both UI and SP increase consumption at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870648
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Effects of Carbon Pricing on Inflation
Moessner, Richhild - 2022
We study how carbon pricing has affected inflation ex-post, using dynamic panel estimation of New-Keynesian Phillips curves for 35 OECD economies from 1995 to 2020. As carbon pricing we consider prices of emissions trading systems (ETS) and carbon taxes. We find that an increase in prices of ETS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013305654
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Is Western European Agriculture Resilient to High Temperatures?
Massetti, Emanuele - 2019
agriculture is likely to be smooth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892286
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Droughts and Farms' Financial Performance in New Zealand : A Micro Farm-Level Study
Pourzand, Farnaz - 2019
We quantify the impacts of droughts in New Zealand on the profitability of dairy, and sheep and beef farms. Using a comprehensive administrative database of all businesses in New Zealand, we investigate the impact of droughts on farm revenue, profits, return on capital, business equity, debt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870640