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Simone Piras

The James Hutton Institute

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Aberdeen, Scotland AB15 8QH

United Kingdom

http://https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/simone-piras

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (5)

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1.

The Economic and Ecological Impact of Soy Expansion in Brazil: A Synthetic Control Method Approach

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 May 2023
Stefano Ghinoi, Simone Piras, Luca Tasciotti and Valdemar Junior Wesz
University of Greenwich, The James Hutton Institute, University of Greenwich and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 103 (684,672)

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Brazil, soy, ecological impacts, Synthetic Control Method

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Understanding Inconsistencies in Risk Attitude Elicitation Games: Evidence from Crop and Fish Farmers in Five African Countries

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Aug 2023
Haftom Bayray Kahsay, Simone Piras, Laure Kuhfuss, Marco Setti and Valentino Marini Govigli
Mekelle University, The James Hutton Institute, The James Hutton Institute, University of Bologna and University of Bologna
Downloads 58 (989,921)

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behavioral economics, Risk attitude, poverty, smallholder farmers, field experiment

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Impact of Trust on Willingness to Adopt Technology of Farm Households: An Economic Field-Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Dec 2025
Alem Araya Abay, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Abrha Megos Meressa, Haftom Bayray Kahsay, Simone Piras and Marco Setti
Mekelle University, Mekelle University - Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Mekelle University, The James Hutton Institute and University of Bologna
Downloads 45 (1,121,190)

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Technology adoption, Impact of Trust, Trust Behaviour, Behavioral Economics, Attitudinal Trust

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Innovations as interventions: How involvement in innovations against food waste changes individual attitudes and behaviours

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Dec 2025
Nazli Koseoglu and Simone Piras
The James Hutton Institute and The James Hutton Institute
Downloads 25 (1,399,036)

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behavioural change, innovation demonstration, food loss and waste, consumer behaviour, workplace, impact assessment

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Remittance Inflow and Smallholder Farming Practices: The Case of Moldova

Land Use Policy, In Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.050, Forthcoming
Posted: 06 Dec 2017
Simone Piras, Matteo Vittuari, Judith Möllers and Thomas Herzfeld
The James Hutton Institute, University of Bologna, IAMO and IAMO

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Smallholders, Remittances, Investment Decisions, Farming Practices, Republic of Moldova