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The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops

Qaim, Matin - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 665-694

Genetically modified (GM) crops have been used commercially for more than 10 years. Available impact studies of insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant crops show that these technologies are beneficial to farmers and consumers, producing large aggregate welfare gains as well as positive effects...

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A macroeconomic analysis of adaptation to climate change impacts on forests in India

Aaheim, Asbjørn; Gopalakrishnan, Ranjith; Chaturvedi, Rajiv - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 2, pp. 229-245

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Integrated modelling approaches to analysis of climate change impacts on forests and forest management

Aaheim, Asbjørn; Chaturvedi, Rajiv; Sagadevan, Anitha - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 2, pp. 247-266

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Canadian prairie rural communities: their vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities to drought

Wittrock, Virginia; Kulshreshtha, Suren; Wheaton, Elaine - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 3, pp. 267-290

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Protecting Ecosystems and Alleviating Poverty with Parks and Reserves: ‘Win-Win’ or Tradeoffs?

Ferraro, Paul; Hanauer, Merlin - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 48 (2011) 2, pp. 269-286

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Participation in Self-Help Group Activities and its Impacts: Evidence from South India

Kumar, D. Suresh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

determinants of participation in Self-Help Groups and impacts on household welfare. The participation in SHG activities are …

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Estimating Ricardian Models With Panel Data

Massetti, Emanuele; Mendelsohn, Robert - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

Many nonmarket valuation models, such as the Ricardian model, have been estimated using cross sectional methods with a single year of data. Although multiple years of data should increase the robustness of such methods, repeated cross sections suggest the results are not stable. We argue that...

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The Impacts of Biofuels Targets on Land-Use Change and Food Supply: A Global Cge Assessment

Timilsina, Govinda; Beghin, John C.; van der … - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2010

We analyze the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and prices, and …

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Conditions, résultats et perspectives d'utilisation du coton génétiquement modifié (coton Bt) dans les PED

Fok, Michel - HAL - 2006

'utilisation du CGM en termes d'efficacité technique, de rentabilité économique et d'impacts positifs sur le plan environnemental et … de la santé publique, impacts consécutifs à la réduction des traitements chimiques. Cette vision semble primer aujourd …

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Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Small and Medium Enterprises in the Peopleâ€™s Republic of China

Liu, Xiangfeng - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of the impacts of the global financial crisis on the Peopleâ€™s Republic of … paper reviews the impacts of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the PRCâ€™s SMEs, evaluating the policy measures for coping … with the crisis at that time and summarizing the relevant experiences. Second, it analyzes the impacts of the current …

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