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Chapter 32 Agriculture in the macroeconomy: Theory and measurement
Abbott, Philip; McCalla, Alex - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 2, part A, …, (pp. 1659-1686). 2002
Macroeconomic events and policies strongly influence agricultural sector outcomes. Chapters synthesized here delineate both feed-forward and feedback linkages between agriculture and the macroeconomy, examining how relationships change as countries develop and undergo structural transformation....
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Chapter 27 Agriculture and the macroeconomy, with emphasis on developing countries
Schiff, Maurice; Valdés, Alberto - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 2, part A, …, (pp. 1421-1454). 2002
Based on an economy-wide perspective, this paper begins with a discussion of the bias against exports and agriculture that characterized the economic literature and the development strategies in many developing countries after World War II. This is followed by an analysis of how the...
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Pesticide risk valuation in empirical economics
Nijkamp, Peter; Travisi, Chiara Maria; Vindigni, Gabriella - 2002
Pesticide use in agriculture poses several risks to both human health and non-target agro-ecosystems. Due to lack of information on the monetary value of reducing pesticide risks, it is difficult to perform an economic analysis that addresses social efficiency of policy and draws conclusions...
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Are Natural Hazards Temporally Random?
Graves, Philip E. - 2010
The paper employs statistical hypothesis tests to explore the question of whether natural hazards (hail and tornadoes being considered here) are or are not intertemporally random. The answer to this question, at least for these two hazards, is surprising and has important policy implications:...
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Sectoral Structure and Economic Growth
Dobrescu, Emilian - 2011
The main goal of the present work is to reveal the advantages of introducing the so called structural coefficient (SC) into economic analysis. SC is defined as an indicator of the similarity between a given sectoral structure and another, which is admitted as a referential. Consequently, the...
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Geography, Trade Patterns, and Economic Policy
Asilis, Carlos - 2006
This paper presents a geographical theory of location and interregional trade. Location is treated as an endogenous variable by firms, consumers and perfectly mobile workers in a two-sector economy. Space plays a central role owing to transportation costs, market access, and distance from...
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Transmission of Global Commodity Prices to Domestic Producer Prices : A Comprehensive Analysis
Iqbal, Md Zabid - 2018
Utilizing a comprehensive dataset that includes a sample of 104 countries for corn, 54 countries for soybeans, 82 …-run relationship between international and domestic price. For corn 66 out of 104, for soybeans 27 out of 54, for wheat 47 out of 82 …, and for rice 49 out of 77 countries, we fail to have a long-run relationship. For corn and soybeans, the long …
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The Spatial Efficiency Multiplier and Random Effects in Spatial Stochastic Frontier Models
Glass, Anthony - 2016
We extend the emerging literature on spatial frontier models in three respects. Firstly, we account for latent heterogeneity by developing a maximum likelihood random effects spatial autoregressive (SAR) stochastic frontier model. Secondly, to analyze the finite sample properties of a spatial...
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Determinants of Contract Farming in Barley Production – Regression Tree Approach
R, Sendhil; Singh, Randhir; Kumar, Anuj; Chand, Ramesh; … - 2021
Barley, a nutri-rich cereal is gaining momentum among stakeholders owing to multiple health benefits but the concern is its declining area, possibly attributed to lack of market and competitive pricing strategy. Amongst alternatives, contract farming is widely suggested for better price...
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Analysis of agricultural labor efficiency from the perspective of labor productivity
Manolache, Alesandra Marina; Mărcuţa, Alina; Petre, … - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 118-122). 2021
The approach regarding the efficiency of the labor force in agriculture, but also from the perspective of labor productivity in this sector, is determined by the economic activities for the development of the national economy. This paper is based on the comparative analysis of statistical data...
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