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emergence and severity of actual violence through the effect on food availability, captured by rice crops per capita. The link … between increase in minimum temperature and rice crops is suggested by natural science literature. We use Indonesia as a case … planting season", i.e. December, determines an increase in violence fuelled by the reduction in future rice production per …
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The potentially adverse effects of droughts on agricultural output are obvious. Indonesian rice farmers have no … for droughts for rice production in Indonesia. To reduce basis risk, we construct district specific indices that are based …
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of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India’s major food crop) and two key millet crops … yields - rice yields are reduced by rainfall extremes whereas extremely high temperatures make yields of all three crops …
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In recent years, a large academic debate has tried to explain the rapid rise in CEO pay experienced over the past three decades. In this article, I review the main proposed theories, which span views of compensation as the result of a competitive labor market for executives to theories based on...
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Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by ethnicity. The highest centile increased by some 18 to 22 units in the course of the century while the lowest ones increased by merely 1 to 3 units. Hence, the BMI distribution...
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Little research exists on the historical relationship between BMI variation, wealth, and inequality. This study finds that 19th century US black and white BMIs were distributed symmetrically; neither wasting nor obesity was common. Nineteenth century BMI values were also greater for blacks than...
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Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
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are currently making huge investments in electrification, with a view to achieving structural change. What does history …
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This paper reviews the history of executive compensation disclosure and other government policies affecting CEO pay …
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We analyze the transmission of global financial crisis to business cycles in China and India. The pattern of business cycles in emerging Asian economies generally displays a low degree of synchronization with the OECD countries, which is consistent with the decoupling hypothesis. By contrast,...
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