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Auteur A. Olper |
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P. Nota ; D. Curzi ; O.K. Haase ; A. Olper |This paper investigates the impact of heat waves on the productivity of the Italian food industry. Using daily weather and firm-level data for the 2004?2019 period, we show that a heat wave causes, on average, a reduction in Total Factor Product[...]![]()
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S. Stranieri ; L. Orsi ; F. Zilia ; I. De Noni ; A. Olper |In the agri-food sector, firms and local systems can utilize both Geographical Indications and technological advancements as key strategic assets for growth in many European regions, but the combined contribution of Geographical Indications and [...]![]()
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We analyse whether global value chains (GVCs) reduce trade barriers in the agricultural and food sectors as they affect lobbying and government incentives. Political economy theory predicts that tariffs will be lower in countries integrated in G[...]![]()
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Understanding the relationship between the diffusion of geographical indications (GIs) and innovation in the agri-food sector represents a relevant research area not yet properly addressed by the current literature. Our contribution aims to fill[...]![]()
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Migration and climate change are two of the most important challenges the world currently faces. They are connected as climate change may stimulate or hinder migration. One of the sectors strongly affected by climate change is agriculture, which[...]![]()
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Jobs and agricultural policy: Impact of the common agricultural policy on EU agricultural employment
This paper investigates the relationship between EU agricultural subsidies and the outflow of labor from agriculture. We use more representative subsidy indicators and a wider coverage (panel data from 210 EU regions over the period 2004-2014) t[...]![]()
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A. Olper ; V. Raimondi ; D. Cavicchioli ; M. Vigani |This paper deals with the determinants of out-farm migration across the European Union (EU) regions focusing on the role played by CAP payments. We add to the existing literature in three main directions. First, our analysis has broad coverage ([...]![]()
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Melitz and Ottavianos (2008) firm-heterogeneity model predicts that trade liberalization induces a selection process from low to high productivity firms, which translates to an industry productivity growth. A similar firms selection effect is [...]![]()
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Using firm-level data we investigate the export behavior of Italian food firms, focusing on the link between total factor productivity (TFP), product quality, and export across heterogeneous destinations. We test the main predictions of an inter[...]