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Comparison of some static hedging models of agricultural commodities price uncertainty
Kamdem, Jules Sadefo; Moumouni, Zoulkiflou - In: Journal of quantitative economics 18 (2020) 3, pp. 631-655
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Risk, uncertainty, crises management and public intervention in agriculture
Capitanio, Fabian - In: Italian review of agricultural economics 77 (2022) 2, pp. 3-14
determining risk in the agricultural sector. Drought, heat stress, flood, market volatility among the others, have caused heavy … decades. Emerging and re-emerging diseases represent a serious concern for the future of agriculture. Here, we provide a … that have been taken to reduce economic losses for Italian farmers. We also tried to highlight the difference between risk …
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Agricultural index insurance for development
Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Barrett, Christopher B. - In: Applied economic perspectives and policy 39 (2017) 2, pp. 199-219
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Cities in the 21st century : a view from the developing world
Castells-Quintana, David; Herrera, Paula - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 6 (2019) 2, pp. E1-E6
In this (introductory) paper, we present i) some basic figures about the rise of cities in the developing world, and ii) the four papers of this special issue. This paper and the other four papers in the issue intend to bring the reality of cities of the developing world in the 21st century to...
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Mitigating price and yield risk using revenue protection and agriculture risk coverage
Biram, Hunter D.; Coble, Keith H.; Harri, Ardian; Park, … - In: Journal of agricultural and applied economics : JAEE 54 (2022) 2, pp. 319-333
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Concentration of resources and economic growth
Castells-Quintana, David - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 2 (2015) 1, pp. 17-25
In this letter I summarise the main results and contributions from my Ph.D. thesis on concentration of resources and economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in modern economic development, namely increasing...
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Chapter 22. The Geography of Development Within Countries
Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J. Vernon - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 1457-1517). 2015
This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural–urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural–urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an...
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Chapter 21. Cities in Developing Countries : Fueled by Rural–Urban Migration, Lacking in Tenure Security, and Short of Affordable Housing
Brueckner, Jan K.; Lall, Somik V. - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 1399-1455). 2015
This chapter surveys and synthesizes existing research on urbanization and housing in developing countries. The goal is to provide a unified overview of the principal urban issues that arise in developing countries, painting a coherent picture that can provide a starting point for policy...
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Models and muddles : comment on "Calibration of agricultural risk programming models using positive mathematical programming"
Petsakos, Athanasios; Rozakis, Stelios - In: The Australian journal of agricultural and resource … 66 (2022) 3, pp. 713-728
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Management of climatic risks and its effects on agricultural productivity : evaluating the impacts of government policy
Sihem, Ezdini - In: International journal of food and agricultural … 7 (2019) 3, pp. 243-255
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