Brazilian agriculture, despite notable growth in recent years and having been responsible for a significant portion of trade surpluses, presents strong spatial heterogeneity. This paper analyzes Brazilian agriculture spatially and structurally, differentiating between permanent and temporary...

This study examines the impacts of political competition on eco-efficiency. We first develop a theoretical model in which local government officials compete against each other to maximize their own political score. We find that after an initial stage of decline, eco-efficiency eventually turns...

The existing body of academic literature reveals that production, distribution, and consumption might be both consistently connected and geographically scattered. This requires assessing the spatial order of production–distribution–consumption cycle, within which exploring of spatial...

Der Beitrag definiert den Begriff der berufsbedingt multilokalen Lebensführung und zeigt Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede mit verwandten Mobilitätsformen auf. Des Weiteren identifiziert der Beitrag Entstehungskontexte und Motive sowie Charakteristika einer berufsbedingt multilokalen...

Multilokale Wohnpraktiken von Kindern und Erwachsenen in Familien nach Trennung und Scheidung sind nicht nur in Deutschland angesichts hoher Trennungs- und Scheidungsraten ein bedeutendes und äußerst vielfältiges Phänomen. Die multilokalen Wohn-, Mobilitäts- und Alltagspraktiken variieren...

Understanding the spatial or geographical dependence of income inequality and regional inequality is crucial in the study of inequality. This paper employs a multi-scale, multi-mechanism framework to map and analyze historical patterns of regional and income inequality in the United States (US)...

The aim of this article is to provide a quantification of the territorially varied relation between socioeconomic factors and share of people perceived their own health as good or very good in European countries in years 2005-2018. The preliminary data analysis shows that, to model health status...

The aim of this study is to determine the main factors affecting the use of foreign exchange hedging instruments by Chinese firms, following their regulatory changes in the derivative markets. The original contributions to this literature include the use of a panel dataset of 316 Chinese firms...

Given the high resilience of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) banking sectors during the last financial crisis and their major role in the CEE region in financing the economy and supporting the high growth rates achieved there, our paper investigates the determinants of banking profitability...