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We estimate the impact of weather variation on agricultural output in Indonesia by examining the impact of local rainfall shocks on rice output at the district level. Our analysis makes use of local meteorological data on rainfall in combination with government administrative data on...
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This paper reviews the recent problems of the opening of Japan's rice market and evaluates the Japanese government's rice policy from both an economic and political viewpoint. The Japanese government made strenuous resistance to the opening of Japan's rice market during the negotiations on...
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It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This belief is largely supported by observational...
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, a level that China should achieve by or soon after 2015. Among our more provocative findings is that growth slowdowns …
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To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using …
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sectoral pattern of multinational activity. Using detailed customs data from China, we show that foreign affiliates and joint …
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, China's stimulus boosted real GDP growth from an annualized 6.2% in the first quarter of 2009 trough to 11.9% in the first … speed and efficacy of China's stimulus derives from state control over its banking system and corporate sector. Beijing …, fueling a real estate bubble; and that China's seemingly highly effective macroeconomic stimulus package may well have induced …
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This paper studies the effect that changing demographic patterns have had on the household saving rate in China. We …
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biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. Empirically, we show that within China, those regions with a faster increase …
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take this classic question to the data by measuring the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth. Our framework … the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth are small causing the real incomes of China's trading partners to …
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