Michael S. Delgado’s research while affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette and other places

... Many rural areas in developing countries face governance challenges similar to those encountered in the early histories of developed nations [1,2]. Existing literature highlights the significant role of village heads' knowledge and education in promoting rural economic development, increasing agricultural output, and raising farmers' incomes [6,7,9,[12][13][14][15][16]. However, there is ongoing debate about whether well-educated village heads are more favorable for enhancing the supply of public goods during the resource allocation process [14,[16][17][18][19]. ...

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The impact of village heads’ educational levels on adolescent academic performance: Evidence from rural China

... Also, as previously discussed in Section 1.1.1, when the assumption of reciprocal independence among the individuals under study is violated, the SUTVA assumption is dramatically violated as well, leading to identifiability issues with the actual treatment effect (Sun and Delgado, 2024). ...

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DEMS WORKING PAPER SERIES A concise guide to Difference-in- Differences methods for economists with applications to taxation, regulation, and environment.

... Moreover, the decline in export revenues and foreign exchange earnings associated with commodity price busts can exacerbate macroeconomic imbalances and external vulnerabilities (Jin et al., 2021). In resource-rich economies, a significant portion of government revenues and foreign exchange inflows are derived from commodity exports, and a sharp decline in these inflows can put pressure on exchange rates, fiscal balances, and external debt sustainability (Jin et al., 2021;McCloud, Delgado, & Jin, 2023). ...

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COMMODITY CYCLES AND FINANCIAL SECTOR GROWTH: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

... Favorable external impacts typically lead farmers and enterprises to expand production, increasing market supply [60], while negative shocks result in production capacity reductions [61]. Strong market interventions, such as government reserve meat delivery or pig purchases, can directly alter market structures, causing sharp supply fluctuations [62,63]. ...

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Assessing the Impact of External Shocks on Prices in the Live Pig Industry Chain: Evidence from China

... In doing so, it is expected that a certain social and economic effect will be obtained from a strategic perspective. (Graafland & Smid, 2019), (Wang, Delgado & Xu, 2023). ...

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The role of the state in supporting social investment projects to ensure sustainable development

... When complying with stricter environmental regulations, coal companies prioritising short-term profitability without considering social and environmental responsibilities may incur additional costs. These costs, whether in the form of fines or significant investments in adopting ecofriendly technologies, can erode profit margins and ultimately lower company value (Wang et al., 2022); (Wang et al., 2023). ...

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How Sustainability Reporting Strengthens the Profitability – Firm Value Link in Coal Mining Companies

... It is a generally accepted fact that individuals are influenced by the beliefs and decisions of their peers. Recent studies have found peer effects in the contexts of household consumption, technology diffusion, and agricultural production (Sampson and Perry, 2018;Roychowdhury, 2019;De Giorgi et al., 2020;Fang et al., 2023), and in areas of sustainability, such as the diffusion of organic fertilizers, the adoption of solar panels, water conservation, and waste classification (Busic-Sontic and Fuerst, 2018;Wuepper et al., 2018;Bryan et al., 2020;Zheng et al., 2023). Specifically, these papers provide empirical evidence that individual decision-making is affected by the behavior or decisions of one's neighbors. ...

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Social interactions and household fuel choice: evidence from rural China

... Interpreting the results can also be challenging when differences are minimal or data are dispersed. Therefore, it is important to combine BWS with other approaches for a more precise evaluation (Bir et al., 2022). However, compared to other methods, BWS provides better estimates of varietal choices (Burton et al., 2021). ...

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Farmers’ preferred traits, production constraints, and adoption factors of improved maize varieties under South-Kivu rainfed agro-ecologies, eastern D.R. Congo: implications for maize breeding

... However, this claim exists outside the scope of this research and should be investigated further. Moreover, political instability and conflicts in the region may further limit access to education (Delgado et al., 2013). The lagged Gini variable displayed a positive significant effect on the Gini coefficient. ...

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The impact of government expenditure on education on income inequality in the MENA region: Panel analysis on the period from 1990 to 2017

... To match the pork safety records to wholesale price information, we exclude the records (i) whose sampling location is not at wholesale markets, (ii) the pork is not sourced from wholesale markets. Meanwhile, to avoid confounding effects of Asian Swine Flu and Covid-19 on pork prices, observations on two periods, namely 2018 August to 2019 March, and 2019 December to 2020 March (Delgado et al., 2021;Ruan et al., 2021), are dropped from our sample. In addition, other datasets are combined and used to conduct heterogeneous analyses of our treatment effects, including the China city statistical yearbook, China public health statistical yearbook, and fiscal investment on food safety regulation available at the official websites of the provincial Administration for Market Regulation. ...

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Price response to government disclosure of food safety information in developing markets