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Challenging the miracle of transgenic crops in China: findings from a case study in cotton using panel data
Pemsl, Diemuth E.; Völker, Marc; Wu, L.; Waibel, Hermann - 2008
Bt cotton has been cultivated in China for the past 10 years. Limitations of previous studies analyzing the impact of this technology are the short time period considered and lack of panel data. In this paper, we present findings from monitoring 150 Bt cotton farmers in 2002 and 2005....
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Valuing financial, health, and environmental benefits of Bt cotton in Pakistan
Kouser, Shahzad; Qaim, Matin - 2012
Data from a farm survey and choice experiment are used to value the benefits of Bt cotton in Pakistan. Unlike previous research on the economic impacts of Bt, which mostly concentrated on financial benefits in terms of gross margins, we also quantify and monetize positive externalities...
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Are the economic benefits of Bt cotton sustainable? Evidence from Indian panel data
Kathage, Jonas; Qaim, Matin - 2011
While several studies have shown that genetically modified Bt cotton can benefit smallholder farmers economically, the sustainability of these effects is still unclear and debated controversially between biotechnology proponents and critics. We use unique panel data of 533 cotton farmers,...
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Issues and controversy of Bt cotton in India 2004-2014: A review
Saravanan, S. - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 2 (2016)
Bt Cotton, is genetically engineered with Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a bio-toxin which comes from soil bacteria. Bt which was isolated from soil in 1911, has been available to farmers as an organic pesticide since 1930.The engineered Bt gene produces a protein that cuts into the guts of...
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Technology adoption and learning-by-doing: The case of Bt cotton adoption in China
Tian, Guang; Du, Xiaoxue; Qiao, Fangbin; … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 11, pp. 1-13
Although the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops have been well documented, how do farmers manage the risk of new technology in the early stages of technology adoption has received less attention. We compare the total factor productivity (TFP) of cotton to other major crops (wheat, rice,...
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Bt cotton and ecosystem impacts of pesticide reductions
Chellatan Veettil, Prakashan; Krishna, Vijesh V.; Qaim, … - 2014
This paper examines the ecosystem impacts of transgenic Bt cotton technology resulting from reduced chemical pesticide use. Employing unique panel data from smallholder farmers in central and southern India, negative environmental and health effects of pesticide use are quantified with the...
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Multinational location decisions and the impact on labour markets
Gaston, Noel; Nelson, Douglas - 2001
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown far more rapidly than trade during the last two decades. As with the other … effects that, at least in the short- and medium-run, may well dwarf the effects of trade and immigration. In this paper, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323598
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The effect of foreign investment on economic development and income inequality
Bussmann, Margit; De Soysa, Indra; Oneal, John R. - 2002
alternative measures of economic openness - the trade-to-GDP ratio and Sachs and Warner's (1995) measure of free trade policy …
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Environmental and food safety standards in the context of trade liberalization: Issues and options
Grote, Ulrike; Kirchhoff, Stefanie - 2001
The current debate on trade liberalization is accompanied by an increased concern about environmental and food safety … issues leading to frictions of different country groups under the World Trade Organization (WTO). This discussion paper aims … at shedding more light on some of the issues in the trade and environment debate. It describes the complex process of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323643
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On export rivalry and the greening of agriculture: The role of eco-labels
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Grote, Ulrike - 2003
questions that have taken center-stage in the trade and environment debate: (i) does trade exacerbate the exploitation of the … essentially non-trade related factors is a set of additional factors that apply in the presence of export rivalry. These include …
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