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Weather index‐based insurances for farmers in the North China Plain
Erec Heimfarth, Leif; Musshoff, Oliver - In: Agricultural Finance Review 71 (2011) 2, pp. 218-239
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the extent to which weather index‐based insurances can contribute to reducing shortfall risks of revenues of a representative average farm that produces corn or wheat in the North China Plain (NCP). The geographical basis risk is quantified...
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Why do farmers quit from grain production in China? Causes and implications
Zhan, Jin‐Tao; Wu, Yan‐Rui; Zhang, Xiao‐Hui; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 3, pp. 342-362
Purpose – The number of farms engaged in grain production in China has been declining in recent years. Limited efforts have been devoted to examine why producers quit from grain production and how such exits affect China's grain output. Such information, however, is invaluable in understanding...
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Adapting to climate change: scenario analysis of grain production in China
Zhou, Shudong; Zhou, Wenkui; Lin, Guanghua; Chen, Jing; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 4, pp. 643-659
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of future climate change and the corresponding adaptation activities on grain production and its regional distribution in China. Design/methodology/approach This paper applied the Chinese Agricultural Policy Analysis model, in...
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Poverty, Inequality, Political Instability and Property Crimes in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis
Syed, Shabib Haider; Ahmed, Eatzaz - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 4 (2013) 1-2, pp. 1-28
Abstract In a formal econometric analysis of crime statistics in Pakistan, this paper estimates five systems of …. The main conclusion of the study is that in the fight against crime Pakistan needs to divert resources from the provision …
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The Trade-off Between Household Expenditures and Smoking Expenditure: Pre and Post Smoking Awareness Ordinance in Pakistan
Ali, Basit; Irfan, Muhammad - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 11 (2020) 3
Abstract The Government of Pakistan introduced smoking ordinance about health warning in 2009. This ordinance exhibits …
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A Strong Judiciary as a Crisis for Democracy: A ‘Law and Development’ Study from Pakistan
Azeem, Muhammad - In: Law and Development Review 14 (2021) 1, pp. 105-127
governance’ in Pakistan, arguing that empowering the judiciary served to weaken an already weak legislature. The tangible issues …
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Impact of exchange rate volatility on sectoral exports of Pakistan: an ARDL investigation
Aftab, Muhammad; Abbas, Zaheer; Nawaz Kayani, Farrukh - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 5 (2012) 3, pp. 215-231
exports trade of Pakistan. All the sectors involved in the export trade (proposed by the State Bank of Pakistan, by commodity … research were collected over the period 2003 to 2010 from databases of State Bank of Pakistan and International Monetary Fund … be used to form such policies which result in a stabilized and competitive exchange rate, so that Pakistan's exports can …
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Electricity generation as a determinant of unemployment in Pakistan
Rashid, Adnan; Ul Haq, Anwaar - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 9 (2016) 2, pp. 102-112
Purpose The area about unemployment and its participation in the economic progress has been widely debated in literature. A significant number of studies on this impediment of economic boom have been found to consider the concept through Okun’s law. This study aims to apply some different...
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Neglecting human resource development in OBOR, a case of the China–Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC)
Ahmed, Adeel; Arshad, Mohd Anuar; Mahmood, Arshad; … - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 10 (2017) 2, pp. 130-142
(HRD) in times of economic development, with a focus on China–Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC). In recent times of … the context of Pakistan, there is a lack of appropriate attention to the field of HRD, which has suffered neglect through … for Pakistan. This study will provide HRD insights for policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and business executives …
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Phillips Curve Analysis: Some Experiences from Pakistan′s Economy
Aynul Hasan, M. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 17 (1990) 1
Some structural evidence indicating a substantial degree of inertia in commodity prices in Pakistan within the context …‐run Phillips curve for Pakistan for the period 1972(1) to 1981(4). What is more interesting is the existence of a long‐run “trade …
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