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Urban noise, sleep disruption and health by Fan, Yi, Weinhold, Diana M.

“…Numerous studies have linked sleep disruption to a variety of poor health outcomes, but social scientists still have a very limited understanding of the…”
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Smoking status and subjective well-being by Weinhold, Diana, Chaloupka, Frank J

“…Background/aimsA debate is currently underway about the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) methods for evaluating antitobacco regulation. In particular,…”
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The Internet and International Trade in Services by Freund, Caroline, Weinhold, Diana

“…The results suggest that Internet development abroad has already begun facilitating increased exports of services to the US. Specifically, it is found that the…”
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The effect of the Internet on international trade by Freund, Caroline L, Weinhold, Diana

“…We find that the Internet stimulates trade. Evidence from time-series and cross-section regressions shows a significant effect of the Internet on trade in…”
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New data on public biodiversity spending by Groom, Ben, Weinhold, Diana M.

“…A collation of national spending on biodiversity presents new data and explores the relationship with biodiversity loss, while also highlighting the difficulty…”
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Effect of Healthcare‐Acquired Infection on Length of Hospital Stay and Cost by Graves, Nicholas, Weinhold, Diana, Tong, Edward, Birrell, Frances, Doidge, Shane, Ramritu, Prabha, Halton, Kate, Lairson, David, Whitby, Michael

“…To estimate the independent effect of a single lower respiratory tract infection, urinary tract infection, or other healthcare-acquired infection on…”
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Causality Tests for Cross-Country Panels: a New Look at FDI and Economic Growth in Developing Countries by Nair-Reichert, Usha, Weinhold, Diana

“…The remarkable increase in FDI flows to developing countries over the last decade has focused attention on whether this source of financing enhances overall…”
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Net Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Bolivia during 1990-2000 and 2000-2010: Results from a Carbon Bookkeeping Model by Andersen, Lykke E, Doyle, Anna Sophia, del Granado, Susana, Ledezma, Juan Carlos, Medinaceli, Agnes, Valdivia, Montserrat, Weinhold, Diana

“…Accurate estimates of global carbon emissions are critical for understanding global warming. This paper estimates net carbon emissions from land use change in…”
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Correcting for bias when estimating the cost of hospital-acquired infection: an analysis of lower respiratory tract infections in non-surgical patients by Graves, Nicholas, Weinhold, Diana, Roberts, Jennifer A.

“…Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are costly but many are avoidable. Evaluating prevention programmes requires data on their costs and benefits. Estimating…”
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THE HAPPINESS-REDUCING COSTS OF NOISE POLLUTION by Weinhold, Diana

“…ABSTRACT This analysis examines the costs of everyday residential noise pollution using a series of “happiness regressions.” We control for both the…”
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RCTs as an opportunity to promote interdisciplinary, inclusive, and diverse quantitative development research by Naritomi, Joana, Sequeira, Sandra, Weigel, Jonathan, Weinhold, Diana

“…The limitations of Randomized Controlled Trials as a research method have been well documented. Here we highlight one overlooked benefit of experimental…”
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The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon by Andersen, Lykke E., Granger, Clive W. J., Reis, Eustaquio J., Weinhold, Diana, Wunder, Sven

“…A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey…”
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Soybeans, Poverty and Inequality in the Brazilian Amazon by Weinhold, Diana, Killick, Evan, Reis, Eustáquio J.

“…Using a mixed-method approach of econometric and ethnographic field research, this article examines the social and economic costs and benefits of increases in…”
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Modelling Land Use, Deforestation, and Policy: A Hybrid Optimisation-Heterogeneous Agent Model with Application to the Bolivian Amazon by Andersen, Lykke E., Groom, Ben, Killick, Evan, Ledezma, Juan Carlos, Palmer, Charles, Weinhold, Diana

“…We introduce a hybrid simulation model (‘SimPachamama’) designed to explore the complex socio-environmental trade-offs of alternative policy bundles and policy…”
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Boom-bust patterns in the Brazilian Amazon by Weinhold, Diana, Reis, Eustáquio J., Vale, Petterson Molina

“…•We find no evidence of ‘boom-bust’ cycles of deforestation in the Amazon.•Human development has been steadily increasing in all pre-frontier, intermediate,…”
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Transportation costs and the spatial distribution of land use in the Brazilian Amazon by Weinhold, Diana, Reis, Eustaquio

“…We examine the question of whether reducing transport costs in the Amazon has lead to increased land clearing. Data on land clearing, transport costs and other…”
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Valuing future development rights: The costs of conservation easements by Anderson, Kathryn, Weinhold, Diana

“…While theory strongly suggests that restricting development rights should reduce land prices, empirical evidence of this effect has been hard to obtain…”
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Innovation, Inequality and Intellectual Property Rights by Weinhold, Diana, Nair-Reichert, Usha

“…We examine whether income inequality explains innovation across countries. The mechanism could be twofold: first, a large middle class could have an impact on…”
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Applying a novel environmental health framework theory (I-ACT) to noise pollution policies in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands by Hammer, Monica S., Fan, Yi, Hammer, Suzanne S., Swinburn, Tracy K., Weber, Miriam, Weinhold, Diana, Neitzel, Richard L.

“…I-ACT is a theoretical framework designed to guide environmental health improvement efforts. I-ACT identifies four interacting drivers of change that influence…”
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The Importance of Trade and Geography in the Pattern of Spatial Dependence of Growth Rates by Weinhold, Diana

“…The paper examines the nature of spatial dependence of growth rates across countries. Economic space as well as geographic space is considered as a possible…”
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