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Ozone Pollution and Farm Profits in England and Wales (2010)
Journal Article
Neeliah, H., & Shankar, B. (2010). Ozone Pollution and Farm Profits in England and Wales. Applied Economics, 42(19), 2449-2458. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840701858158

Tropospheric ozone is an air pollutant known to adversely affect crop yields across Europe. Experimental work is underway to quantify yield effects at ambient ozone levels for a number of crops. In this article, we undertake direct, farm-level evalua... Read More about Ozone Pollution and Farm Profits in England and Wales.

Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in England: A Re-examination based on Quantile Regression (2009)
Journal Article
Boukouvalas, G., Shankar, B., & Traill, B. (2009). Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in England: A Re-examination based on Quantile Regression. Public Health Nutrition, 12(11), 2183-2191. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980009005175

OBJECTIVE:
To examine the sociodemographic determinants of fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption in England and determine the differential effects of socio-economic variables at various parts of the intake distribution, with a special focus on seve... Read More about Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in England: A Re-examination based on Quantile Regression.

WHO Dietary Norms: A Quantitative Evaluation of Potential Consumption Impacts in the US, UK and France (2008)
Journal Article
Shankar, B., Srinivasan, C. S., & Irz, X. (2008). WHO Dietary Norms: A Quantitative Evaluation of Potential Consumption Impacts in the US, UK and France. Review of agricultural economics, 30(1), 151-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00397.x

The member countries of the World Health Organization have endorsed its Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health. We assess the potential consumption impacts of these norms in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom using a ma... Read More about WHO Dietary Norms: A Quantitative Evaluation of Potential Consumption Impacts in the US, UK and France.

The Demise of Bt Cotton in KwaZulu Natal (2008)
Book Chapter
Gouse, M., Shankar, B., & Thirtle, C. (2008). The Demise of Bt Cotton in KwaZulu Natal. In W. Moseley, & L. Gray (Eds.), Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization and Poverty in Africa. Ohio University Press

Bt cotton and production risk: panel data evidence (2008)
Journal Article
Crost, B., & Shankar, B. (2008). Bt cotton and production risk: panel data evidence. International Journal of Biotechnology, 10(2/3), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBT.2008.018349

The farm-level success of Bt-cotton in developing countries is well documented. However, the literature has only recently begun to recognise the importance of accounting for the effects of the technology on production risk, in addition to the mean ef... Read More about Bt cotton and production risk: panel data evidence.