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Agronomy
Martinson Ankrah Twumasi, Bright Senyo Dogbe, Ernest Kwarko Ankrah, Zhao Ding, Yuansheng Jiang
Summary: Farmland abandonment is a significant concern for policymakers in developing nations due to its impact on food security and poverty alleviation. This study examines the relationship between financial literacy and farmland abandonment in Ghana, finding a positive association between financial literacy and reduction in farmland abandonment. The results also reveal that the relationship varies among different household groups, with a stronger effect observed for low-income farm households and female farmers. Therefore, promoting financial literacy programs through national media channels can help enhance agricultural intensification and rural advancements.
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Development Studies
Seungjoo Baek, Heeyeun Yoon, Yeankyoung Hahm
Summary: Farm abandonment has led to negative consequences globally, including reduced agricultural productions and deteriorated local communities. Previous studies mainly focused on individual factors, neglecting the spatial relationships among parcels. In this study, the spatial interactions among abandoned farmland in Gwangyang City, South Korea, were investigated. The findings showed that farmland abandonment is influenced by neighboring parcels and both internal and external factors. The dispersion index confirmed the association between farmland fragmentation and abandonment.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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Agronomy
Tzong-Haw Lee, Brian Lee, Yi-Ju Su, Hung-Hao Chang
Summary: This paper examines the impact of green payment programs on farmland prices and finds that these programs lead to an increase in prices. Furthermore, the magnitude of this effect varies depending on the size of the farmland.
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Soil Science
Yong Yuan, Donghong Xiong, Yunqi Zhang, Baojun Zhang, Wenduo Zhang, Xinbao Zhang
Summary: This study developed a model for the changes in 210Pbex depth distribution in abandoned farmland soil based on the analysis of the physical mechanisms of 210Pbex infiltration and decay in the soil. The model was validated using data from abandoned farmlands in Sichuan Province, China, and showed reliable results.
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Environmental Sciences
Le Li, Siyan Zheng, Kefei Zhao, Kejian Shen, Xiaolu Yan, Yaolong Zhao
Summary: This study proposes a method to evaluate the impacts of arable land protection policies and demonstrates the effectiveness of these policies in reducing farmland abandonment and landscape fragmentation in Guangdong Province. The results show that the new policies have successfully reduced the fragmentation of farmland abandonment and promoted the shift from annual abandonment to seasonal abandonment. The effectiveness of the policies varies in different regions based on their rural population and gross domestic product levels.
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Environmental Studies
Yahui Wang, Aoxi Yang, Yuanqing Li, Qingyuan Yang
Summary: This study finds that the popularization of e-commerce can reduce farmland abandonment in rural areas by absorbing returning labor, stimulating the land transfer market, and revitalizing rural industry.
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Naoki Katayama, Miyuki Mashiko, Chieko Koshida, Yuichi Yamaura
Summary: Farmland abandonment can significantly impact bird diversity, with moderate abandonment rates enhancing community-level occupancies and species richness. Surrounding landscapes and abandonment rates play key roles in shaping community composition, highlighting the importance of habitat heterogeneity for bird diversity in both farmland and woodland landscapes.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Geography
Jiayi Wang, Yu Cao, Xiaoqian Fang, Guoyu Li
Summary: Farmland fragmentation, both in terms of landscape and tenure conditions, has a significant impact on farmland abandonment in China. This study distinguishes the effects of farmland tenure fragmentation (FTF) and farmland landscape fragmentation (FLF) on abandonment rates. The findings show that increasing plot area and reducing FLF can help reduce farmland abandonment. Additionally, farmland transfer plays a crucial role in mitigating the effects of FTF on abandonment. These findings have important implications for decision-makers to ensure food security and promote rural revitalization.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
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Economics
S. Srivatsa Srinivas, Rahul R. Marathe
Summary: In the analysis of the Indian government's scheme to provide generic medicines, it is important for the government to focus on creating awareness about the quality of the medicines and ensuring their availability to minimize search costs. The effort required to screen wealthy patients from poor patients decreases with an increase in the availability of generic medicines.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2021)
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Development Studies
Yuan Qi, Jiaqing Zhang, Xin Chen, Yaoyao Li, Yuyang Chang, Daolin Zhu
Summary: Current research has paid little attention to the scale efficiency losses in agricultural production caused by deviations in farmland prices. This study analyzes the deviation mechanism of farmland prices in China and the resulting loss of scale efficiency in agricultural production. The empirical results show that farmland prices in China are high and the scale efficiency of agricultural production is inadequate. The effect of farmland cost increase on scale efficiency exhibits a shift from promoting to inhibiting.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Xing-Yu Hu, Guang-Ying Gao
Summary: The study focused on exploring the compensation mechanism for PTB patients with a full period of treatment to alleviate financial burden and provide a reference for payment reform. After implementing the compensation mechanism, there was an increase in patient visits, significant reductions in medical costs, and high patient compliance. The capitation compensation method improved patient compliance and reduced drug-resistant PTB, but further observation and demonstration of its effectiveness is needed.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF POVERTY
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Yuanmei Jiao, Zhilin Liu, Yinping Ding, Qiue Xu, Yuliang Yang, Chengjing Liu, Huijuan Liao
Summary: This paper introduces a method for identifying the abandonment-risk of farmland with a spatial explicit way, and proposes a new integrated framework based on settlement connectivity and the least-cost model. After verification at the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Southwestern China, the efficiency of the method is confirmed. The framework provides a quick and convenient way to map the risk area of farmland abandonment, especially for data-lack remote rural mountainous areas, such as rice terrace heritage sites in mountainous Asia. More detailed spatial data can be used to improve its accuracy in future studies.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Business, Finance
Wenlong Bian, Yang Ji, Peng Wang
Summary: The newly established model demonstrates the potential crowding-out effect of Central Bank Digital Currencies on traditional deposits, which may lead to a reduction in cash and deposit holdings by economic agents. The issuance of CBDC has a dual effect, as it improves payment efficiency while also impacting the deposit base of commercial banks.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xianhui Hou, Jingming Liu, Daojun Zhang, Minjuan Zhao, Yuqing Yin
Summary: Efforts to improve the ecological efficiency of farmland use are being made by the Chinese government through large-scale farmland transfer. The study shows that effects of area, shape, and distance fragmentation on ecological efficiency have a threshold, with shape fragmentation consistently having an inhibitory effect. These findings highlight the importance of considering different regions' farmland area per capita in promoting sustainable farmland utilization and related policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Nicolas M. Ballarini, Marius Thomas, Gerd K. Rosenkranz, Bjoern Bornkamp
Summary: This paper introduces the subtee R package for subgroup treatment effect estimation in clinical trials, which can be used for various types of outcomes and provides additional functions for building subgroup variables and plotting results using forest plots.
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Junichi Ito, Hart N. Feuer, Shinichi Kitano, Midori Komiyama
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2018)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shinichi Kitano
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Ecology
Shinichi Kitano, Yuka Mitsunari, Akira Yoshino
Summary: The study highlights the influence of consumer knowledge and experience on purchasing behavior of dairy products. There is a potential consumer demand for farm animal welfare labeling, which can be stimulated by providing truthful information about dairy production sites. The findings also emphasize the importance of addressing information asymmetry in the dairy industry to meet consumer preferences.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Environmental Studies
Shinichi Kitano
Summary: The study examined the issue of abandoned farmland in developed countries and the impact of data characteristics and accuracy on estimation results. Although subjective census data and objective GIS data are correlated, there are considerable differences between them.
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Economics
Shinichi Kitano, Naotoshi Yamamoto
Summary: Consumers show a considerably higher marginal willingness to pay for causes compared to other common attributes, with a preference towards local causes over global ones. There is heterogeneity in the willingness to pay for causes among consumers, with three segments identified: those supporting both local and global causes, those supporting only local causes, and a minority resistant to supporting causes.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
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Business
Shinichi Kitano, Naotoshi Yamamoto
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2020)
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Ecology
Simon Rabaa, Robert Wilken, Sylvie Geisendorf
Summary: Energy efficiency measures are crucial for combating climate change, but rebound effects may undermine their effectiveness. This study finds that prior energy efficiency behavior does not hinder subsequent climate-friendly behavior, which is determined by individual demographics and environmental attitudes.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
James R. Meldrum, Patricia A. Champ, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Christopher M. Barth, Abby E. McConnell, Carolyn Wagner, Colleen Donovan
Summary: This study reassessed a previous study using a richer dataset and found that individuals with lower incomes are less likely to participate in cost-sharing programs, and even if they do participate, they contribute a lower share. This indicates potential economic equity concerns.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
Daniel Rueb
Summary: This paper examines the distributional effects of the European Commission's Fit-for-55 package at the household level in seven EU countries and finds that a household-size specific lump-sum refund can mitigate the negative distributional effects of a carbon tax and reduce overall inequality.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Correction
Ecology
Anke Jacksohn, Miguel Angel Tovar Reanos, Frank Pothen, Katrin Rehdanz
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Pierre Chiaverina, Sophie Drogue, Florence Jacquet
Summary: This study investigates the impact of farmers' participation in different short food supply chains (SFSCs) on synthetic pesticide use and crop yields. The findings show that farmers who sell part of their crops through direct-to-consumer channels use significantly fewer synthetic pesticides compared to those who sell through long food supply chains. However, there is no evidence that farmers involved in direct-to-retailer channels use significantly fewer synthetic pesticides. Additionally, there is no indication that SFSC participation affects crop yields.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
Kangyin Dong, Yang Liu, Jianda Wang, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: This study uses the generalized method of moments (GMM) model to explore the relationship between the digital economy and energy vulnerability in 110 economies. The findings suggest that the digital economy effectively reduces energy vulnerability, with digital infrastructure and social impact being the main contributors. Furthermore, the digital economy helps upgrade the industrial structure and financial development level, thereby reducing energy vulnerability. Additionally, the negative impact of the digital economy on energy vulnerability is more significant in regions with higher income levels.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
Romain Espinosa, Nicolas Treich
Summary: This study examines a simple model of consumption of animals with altruistic behavior towards animals. The model reveals a public good issue, where the market equilibrium leads to low quality and excessive quantity of animal lives when they are not worth living. The implications of the findings and the significance of the modeling choices for future economic research on animal welfare are discussed.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
Arianna Buratto, Lorenzo Lotti
Summary: Finding ways to steer consumers towards vegetarian and plant-based meals is important for reducing the environmental impact of diets. In this study, we investigated the use of nudges in restaurants to increase sales of vegetarian and plant-based dishes. We found that removing symbols for these dishes increased sales, while adding a low emissions symbol had no effect. However, when the nudge was made transparent through a statement, sales significantly increased. These findings support the use of nudges as cost-effective interventions to address unsustainable food consumption in the hospitality sector.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
Emmanuel Paroissien, Timothy K. M. Beatty, Antoine Nebout
Summary: This article provides empirical evidence that the opportunity cost of time explains the frequency of household food waste. The study found that proxies for the opportunity cost of time were positively correlated with the probability of reporting wasting food.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jefim Vogel, Gauthier Guerin, Daniel W. O'Neill, Julia K. Steinberger
Summary: This study explores the vulnerability of livelihoods to a reduction in economic output and introduces a novel analytic framework to describe their relationship. The study finds that the vulnerability is not inevitable but arises from insecurity in wage labor, adequate incomes, and pensions. These conditions are primarily due to profit maximization and neoliberal welfare and labor policies. The study identifies a range of interventions to overcome this vulnerability and make stringent environmental policies socially sustainable and politically palatable.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
Franziska Dorn, Simone Maxand, Thomas Kneib
Summary: Understanding the interconnected nature of rising carbon emissions and income inequality is crucial to achieve social and ecological sustainability. The distributional copula model used in this study uncovers complex interdependencies that standard linear regression techniques might hide.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Darius Corbier, Frederic Gonand
Summary: The article investigates the macroeconomic channels of transmission of the low-carbon transition in two official scenarios for the French power system under different oil price scenarios. The results show that technical progress and substitution mechanisms can drive the decarbonization of the economy and growth, with energy demand and durable goods demand being the main transmission channels.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Gloria Amaris, Stepan Vesely, Stephane Hess, Christian A. Klockner
Summary: The study of human behavior is crucial for the development of policies for sustainability. It is important to consider the possibility of spillover effects in mathematical models, as exposure to related choices can influence subsequent behavior. Our study demonstrates the existence of these spillover effects and showcases the effectiveness of discrete choice models.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Sonia Almeida Neves, Antonio Cardoso Marques, Leonardo Batista de sa Lopes
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of European Union regulations on e-waste exports. The findings suggest that taxation is ineffective in reducing e-waste exports and may even increase them. Additionally, high dependence on foreign raw materials and sub-standard waste collection systems contribute to the increase in e-waste exports. Therefore, investing in e-waste collection facilities can better utilize the valuable resources in this waste.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Gregor Semieniuk
Summary: Efforts to decouple economic growth from resource use and negative environmental impacts have yielded inconclusive results, partially due to the uncertainties in historical measurement arising from definitional changes to GDP. This study examines the impact of GDP vintages on decoupling results and finds that a significant number of countries switch between relative decoupling and recoupling, and that GDP vintages also affect environmental Kuznets curve results and the decline in global energy intensity. The inconsistencies in economic measurement introduce ambiguity into historical decoupling evidence and model projections into the future.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)