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VAT do you eat? Green consumption taxes and firms' market share 你吃增值税吗？绿色消费税与企业的市场份额

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-02-20 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12572

Kira Zerwer

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Emeritus Professor Anthony Kent (Tony) Giles, OBE 30 June 1928–31 October 2023 名誉教授安东尼-肯特（托尼）-贾尔斯，OBE 1928 年 6 月 30 日至 2023 年 10 月 31 日

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12571

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‘Because it matters’ 因为这很重要

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12567

Brendan Bayley

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Challenges for the JAE: Thoughts from the new editor JAE 面临的挑战：新任编辑的想法

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12569

Jonathan Brooks

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Assessing the potential of ICT to increase land and labour productivity in agriculture: Global and regional perspectives 评估信息和通信技术提高农业土地和劳动生产率的潜力：全球和区域视角

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12566

Pallavi Rajkhowa, Heike Baumüller

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Agricultural Economics in the JAE: Some Editorial Reflections JAE 中的农业经济学：一些编辑思考

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12568

David R. Harvey

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Using farmers' ex ante preferences to design agri-environmental contracts: A systematic review 利用农民的事前偏好设计农业环境合同：系统回顾

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12570

Christoph Schulze, Katarzyna Zagórska, Kati Häfner, Olimpia Markiewicz, Mikołaj Czajkowski, Bettina Matzdorf

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A note on European farmers' preferences under cumulative prospect theory 累积前景理论下的欧洲农民偏好研究

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12565

Robert Finger, Viviana Garcia, Chloe McCallum, Jens Rommel

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How limiting is finance for Dutch dairy farms? A dynamic profit analysis 荷兰奶牛场的资金限制有多大？动态利润分析

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12562

Melina Lamkowsky, Miranda P. M. Meuwissen, Harold A. B. van der Meulen, Frederic Ang

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Agricultural domestic support under the WTO, experience and prospectsBy Lars Brink, David Orden, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023, Publisher's prices: £95, $125. ISBN: 978-1-316-51405-4 世贸组织下的农业国内支持、经验和前景作者：LarsBrink，DavidOrden，剑桥：剑桥大学出版社，2023年，出版商价格：95英镑，125美元。ISBN:978‐1‐316‐51405‐4

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Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2023-08-21 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12551

David Blandford

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