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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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Multinational Production and Global Shock Propagation During the Great Recession
Li, Haishi - 2023
interactions between MP and trade. According to the model with MP, supply-side productivity shocks contributed to the collapse of … to shocks that affected aggregate productivity and were specific to multinationals in a few key headquarters countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358332
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Information Frictions, Investment Promotion, and Multinational Production : Firm-Level Evidence
Carballo, Jerónimo; Artiñano, Ignacio Marra; Volpe … - 2021
While countries make use of a wide range of policies to attract multinational firms, identifying the effect of such policies is difficult. Combining firm-level data on both the location of these firms’ foreign affiliates and detailed service-specific information from Costa Rica’s investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229704
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Asset ownership and foreign-market entry
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael; Stähler, Frank - 2006
This paper examines the link between a firm's ownership of productive assets and its choice of foreign-market entry strategy. We find that, controlling for industry- and country-specific characteristics, the most productive firms (i.e., those owning the most assets) will enter through greenfield...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261423
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Optimal pest control in agriculture
Christiaans, Thomas; Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 2005
farming is shown to depend on the prices of pesticide and grain. It is either optimal to use no pesticide or a moderate amount … of pesticide or to apply a chattering control. Pest eradication is never optimal. On the other hand, if the farmer takes … pesticide depending on prices as well as on the shape of the grain production function which is determined by micro parameters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261306
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The Effects of Land Redistribution : Evidence from the French Revolution
Finley, Theresa; Franck, Raphaël; Johnson, Noel - 2021
experienced higher levels of agricultural productivity in 1841 and 1852 as well as more investment in irrigation and more … efficient land use. We trace these increases in productivity to an increase in land inequality associated with the Revolutionary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315182
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Body Mass, Nutrition, and Disease : Current Net Nutrition During Us Economic Development
Carson, Scott A. - 2020
When other measures for material welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of average stature and body mass index (BMI) values is common. BMI reflects the current difference between calories consumed, calories required for work, and to withstand the physical environment. This study evaluates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826046
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Epidemic Exposure, Fintech Adoption, and the Digital Divide
Saka, Orkun; Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2021
We ask whether epidemic exposure leads to a shift in financial technology usage within and across countries and if so who participates in this shift. We exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250,000 individuals in 140 countries, merging them with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219076
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Firm-specific characteristics and the timing of foreign direct investment projects
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael - 2006
how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264039
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Labor Market Policies and European Crises
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013
This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328760