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Open AccessThe spatial econometrics of the coronavirus pandemic
In this paper we use spatial econometric specifications to model daily infection rates of COVID-19 across countries. Using recent advances in Bayesian spatial econometric techniques, we particularly focus on t...
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Global hunger and climate change adaptation through international trade
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Increased efforts are required to prevent further losses to terrestrial biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides1,2. Ambitious targets have been proposed, such as reversing the declining trends i...
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Open AccessIncreasing gap in human height between rich and poor countries associated to their different intakes of N and P
We analyzed mean height of men born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in 80 countries. Both height and the change in height during the last decades were correlated with N and P intake, as well as the N:P intake ra...
