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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526704
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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010401739
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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403576
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Cuba : agricultural transition and food security in a global perspective
Riera, Olivia; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2015
This paper reviews the situation in the agricultural sector and food security in Cuba and in particular the transformations that have (not) taken place since 1990. We compare the Cuban transition with transitions in other "transition countries" and show that Cuba does not fit easily in one of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474743
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Agri-Food Sector Potential in the Chosen CIS Countries
Droždz, Jolanta - 2017
Since the early 1990s, the chosen CIS1 countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine) have undergone transition from a centrally planned to a market-oriented economy. Several countries from the group have sizeable agricultural sectors. Countries like...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940999
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Eco-Energy Anthropopressure in the Agricultural Land-Scape
Bielińska, Elżbieta - 2014
Eco-energy anthropopressure specifically affects the agricultural landscape, but is essential for society to survive and grow. While developing new dependencies and demonstrating large transgressions against the present state, eco-energy investments affect redefinition of the identity of place,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049348
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Toward achieving sustainable development agenda : nexus between agriculture, trade openness, and oil rents in Nigeria
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Osundina, Olawumi A.; Bekun, … - 2022
Over the years, agriculture has been considered as a panacea for long-term economic growth as believed by the … agriculture, trade openness and oil rents using annual time frequency series data from 1981- 2017. A series of analysis is … response analysis highlight the existence of one-way causality links running from agriculture to trade and from trade to oil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013206572
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EU common agricultural policy : impacts on trade with Africa and African agricultural development
Kornher, Lukas; Braun, Joachim von - 2020
hampers the development of African agriculture much less than it did before export subsidies and coupled subsidy payments were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224359
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South Asian Free Trade Area and food trade : implications for regional food security
Ward, Megan; Herr, Hansjörg; Pédussel Wu, Jennifer - 2020
This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity model to examine the regional changes in trade in agricultural products. This is followed by a discussion of how this might affect the four dimensions of food security,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012288476
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Agricultural trade and structural change : the case of Paraguay
Blanco, Cesar - 2017
trade can only account for 36.1% of the changes. Second, employment in agriculture remains large in order to satisfy foreign … directly from agriculture into services, bypassing manufacturing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631524