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Global biofuel production has increased over tenfold since 2000 and numerous biofuel production plants have been built in the Great Plains region. We estimate the impact of biofuel plants on the agricultural economy with county-level data on the number of farm operators, net farm income (NFI),...
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Purpose - The results of this study have significant policy implications for charting a new course toward enhancing agricultural productivity among Chinese farmers. Design/methodology/approach - By establishing a rural household decision-making model based on the transfer market of farmland...
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How do agricultural productivity gains affect the distribution of agricultural land Exploiting three waves of census data from the Philippines covering 21 years and 17 million plots, this article finds that municipalities endowed with favorable soil and weather conditions for genetically...
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The marketization of agricultural land affects the average land productivity not only through improving land allocation efficiency but also through reducing land price under the perfect market. The effect of the improvement of land allocation efficiency on the average land productivity is...
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Economic uncertainty has steadily increased in response to a series of unforeseen shocks, notably the Global Financial Crisis, Brexit, COVID-19, and the Russia-Ukraine war. This study examined the impact of economic uncertainty on rents and capital values in Australia's office, retail, and...
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efficiency, and iii) input-mix efficiency. Risk efficiency, a concept borrowed from modern portfolio theory, measures the … farms' production efficiency and risk performance. We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a non-parametric linear … benefits in terms of higher risk efficiency. Land consolidation projects should carefully weigh the costs and benefits …
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The question of rent in economic theory is rather complicated, even at the level of its definition. This article … attempts to get back to basics in order to clear things up and present a complete and correct theory of rent. Starting with the …
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This paper deals with economic rents arising from the development of hydroelectric generation on international watercourses. The paper briefly defines the concept of economic rent and its application to hydroelectric developments. It explores two areas of precedents that shows how the concept...
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