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A nonparametric random effects model for the valuation of forest recreation services: An application to forest sites in Tuscany, Italy 森林娱乐服务估值的非参数随机效应模型：意大利托斯卡纳森林遗址的应用

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12557

Andrea Pellegrini, Ginevra Virginia Lombardi, Riccardo Scarpa, John M. Rose

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Does simultaneous adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties and organic fertiliser affect productivity and welfare outcomes? Evidence from rural Nigeria 同时采用耐旱玉米品种和有机肥料会影响生产力和福利结果吗？尼日利亚农村的证据

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12550

Zainab Oyetunde-Usman, Apurba Shee, Tahirou Abdoulaye

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The role of hired labour on technical efficiency in an expanding dairy sector: The case of Ireland 在不断扩大的乳制品行业中，雇佣劳动力对技术效率的影响：爱尔兰案例

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12553

Luis Garcia-Covarrubias, Doris Läpple, Emma Dillon, Fiona Thorne

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A pound for information or a penny for cure: Farmers' economic decisions on testing and treatment of livestock diseases 一英镑买信息还是一便士买治疗？农民对牲畜疾病检测和治疗的经济决策

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12552

Abenezer Zeleke Aklilu, Katarina Elofsson, Peter Halvarsson, Petter Kjellander, Johan Höglund

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Estimating non-market values of protecting groundwater in a constrained environment 估算在受限环境中保护地下水的非市场价值

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12551

Le Lan, Md Sayed Iftekhar, Steven Schilizzi, James Fogarty

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J. Brian Hardaker (1935–2023) 布莱恩-哈代克（1935-2023）

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12547

Jock R. Anderson

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The amenity value of constructed wetlands 人工湿地的美化价值

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12549

Mario A. Fernandez, Gonzalo Sanchez, Paul Thorsnes

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The effect of income distribution on diet-related environmental footprints: Evidence from urban China 收入分配对与饮食相关的环境足迹的影响：来自中国城市的证据

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12548

Jiao Chen, Yanjun Ren, Thomas Glauben, Lei Li

{"title":"The effect of income distribution on diet-related environmental footprints: Evidence from urban China","authors":"Jiao Chen, Yanjun Ren, Thomas Glauben, Lei Li","doi":"10.1111/1467-8489.12548","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1467-8489.12548","url":null,"abstract":"Given that income disparity is expanding and diet-related environmental footprints are increasing in urban China, this study aims to investigate the heterogeneity in these footprints across various income classes and examine the effect of income distribution on the total environmental footprints. Based on the quadratic almost ideal demand system model and taking into consideration the problems of endogeneity of food expenditure and zero expenditure, we estimate the income elasticities for 10 food categories across seven income classes and project the diet-related environmental footprints under seven scenarios for various strategies of the income distribution. The results show that per capita diet-related environmental footprints are greater for higher income classes than for lower income classes, as the former consume more animal-based food. Compared with high-income classes, income growth favouring low-income classes results in a rather significant increase in diet-related environmental footprints. With further economic growth, the lowest income group makes the greatest contribution to the increase in diet-related environmental footprints. Thus, policymakers should promote a more sustainable diet on the road to alleviating income inequality to ensure sustainable environmental development.","PeriodicalId":55427,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139174153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Calamitous weather, yield risk and mitigation effect of harvest mechanisation: Evidence from China's winter wheat 灾害性天气、产量风险和收获机械化的缓解效应：来自中国冬小麦的证据

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12545

Teng Wang, Fujin Yi, Ximing Wu, Huilin Liu, Yu Yvette Zhang

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The economic impacts of a hypothetical foot and mouth disease outbreak in Australia 假设澳大利亚爆发口蹄疫的经济影响

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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12546

Glyn Wittwer

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