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Double cropping as an adaptation to climate change in the United States

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-21 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12491

Matthew Gammans, Pierre Mérel, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea

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External costs of water pollution in the drinking water supply sector

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12490

Astrid Cullmann, Julia Rechlitz, Greta Sundermann, Nicole Wägner

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Integration of the US cannabis market 整合美国大麻市场

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12488

Barry K. Goodwin

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Farm-saved seed, royalty rates, and innovation in plant breeding

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12489

Adrien Hervouet, Stéphane Lemarié

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Behavioral preferences and contract choice in the residential solar PV market 住宅太阳能光伏市场的行为偏好与合同选择

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12487

Christine L. Crago, Rong Rong

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Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the cattle sector: Land-use regulation as an alternative to emissions pricing 减少畜牧业的温室气体排放：土地使用监管作为排放定价的替代方案

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12485

Maxence Gérard, Stéphane De Cara, Guy Meunier

{"title":"Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the cattle sector: Land-use regulation as an alternative to emissions pricing","authors":"Maxence Gérard, Stéphane De Cara, Guy Meunier","doi":"10.1111/ajae.12485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12485","url":null,"abstract":"Reducing animal-based food production would not only reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions but also free land that could sequester carbon. We examine the efficiency of a subsidy to cattle farmers for setting aside land for natural ecosystem regeneration. We develop a partial equilibrium model of the cattle sector that integrates land use, greenhouse gas emissions, and animal feeding. We compare the subsidy to alternative policies: a meat tax and a standard on animal feeding. We identify the conditions under which the subsidy is the best alternative to these other second-best policies. The efficiency of the subsidy lies in its effects on both the extensive margin (reduced quantity of meat) and the intensive margin (production intensification, which reduces both the emission and land-use intensities of meat). An empirical application to France, where spontaneous regeneration corresponds mostly to forest regrowth, shows that the subsidy dominates the other alternative policies considered for a wide range of parameter values but is sensitive to carbon leakage when the economy is open to trade.","PeriodicalId":55537,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Agricultural Economics","volume":"107 1","pages":"312-345"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ajae.12485","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142862367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effectiveness of development-oriented nonreciprocal trade preferences in promoting agricultural trade 以发展为导向的非互惠性贸易优惠在促进农产品贸易方面的有效性

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12486

William Ridley, Farzana Shirin

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Regulatory decentralization and food safety: evidence from China 监管权力下放与食品安全：来自中国的证据

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12484

Wen Lin, Jiangyuan Liang

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Change in farmer expectations from information surprises in the corn market 玉米市场信息意外导致的农民预期变化

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12481

Chad Fiechter, Todd Kuethe, Michael Langemeier, James Mintert

{"title":"Change in farmer expectations from information surprises in the corn market","authors":"Chad Fiechter, Todd Kuethe, Michael Langemeier, James Mintert","doi":"10.1111/ajae.12481","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ajae.12481","url":null,"abstract":"Farmers make production decisions despite future output price uncertainty. As a result, farmers' expectation of future output price is an important determinant of investment and the supply of commodities. However, our understanding of the process by which farmers form their expectations is still limited. This study uses direct measures of farmers' financial condition expectations collected through the Purdue University–CME Group Ag Economy Barometer to measure the effect of surprise information on farmers' short- and long-term expectations. The effect is identified using an event study framework previously used to examine the impact of market information on commodity futures markets. Using ordered logistic regressions and variation between professional and United States Department of Agriculture forecasts of corn ending stocks, we demonstrate that farmers' short-term expectations of the financial condition of the broader agricultural economy is altered by surprise information. This study provides a novel step toward understanding the process by which farmers incorporate new information in their price expectations. For example, our findings suggest that farmers perceive short-term corn market information surprises will affect the U.S. agricultural sector to a greater degree than their farm. Additionally, farmers do not perceive that short-term corn market information surprises will carry long-term implications.","PeriodicalId":55537,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Agricultural Economics","volume":"107 1","pages":"231-247"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ajae.12481","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141680620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Shaming, stringency, and shirking: Evidence from food-safety inspections 羞辱、严格和推诿：食品安全检查的证据

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American Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12480

John Bovay

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