Abdoul G Sam
Biographic Data
| ID | 3816752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdoul G Sam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdoul G |
| FAMILY NAME | Sam |
| SIGNATURE | SAM A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5109-7709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Corporate environmentalism and economic performance
The ISO 14001 voluntary standard is a blueprint for improving an organization’s environmental record and one of many tools available to address our planet’s ecological challenges. Since its introduction in 1996, adoption of the standard has surged globally, despite its significant costs. We examine the economic benefits to firms of being ISO 14001-certified by exploring whether certification results in a more efficient production process, using a…
The Role of Social Capital in Risk-Taking Decisions under Joint Liability Lending
Joint liability group lending has come under scrutiny for failure to promote profitable risk-taking among smallholder borrowers in developing countries. One possible explanation for the absence of profitable risk-taking is the collateral-like effect of social capital, which borrowers fear losing if they default. In this paper, we use data from a framed field experiment and a survey administered in Tanzania to empirically investigate the relations…
Do farmers adopt fewer conservation practices on rented land? Evidence from straw retention in China
Does climate matter? An empirical study of interregional migration in China
Uninsured Health Shocks and Agricultural Productivity among Rural Households
This article investigates how health shocks affect farm productivity in the presence of microcredit. It is expected that microcredit increases agricultural productivity by enhancing allocative and technical efficiency and by overcoming financial constraints that reduce purchase of inputs. However, microcredit will have competing uses in the event of uninsured health shocks to the household. Using an endogenous switching regression model and after…
Heterogeneous Effects of Maternal Labor Market Participation on the Nutritional Status of Children
Does Women’s Land Ownership Promote Their Empowerment? Empirical Evidence from Nepal
Impact of Pension Privatization on Foreign Direct Investment
Does Women’s Land Ownership Promote Their Empowerment? Empirical Evidence from Nepal
Do farmers adopt fewer conservation practices on rented land? Evidence from straw retention in China
Does climate matter? An empirical study of interregional migration in China
Heterogeneous Effects of Maternal Labor Market Participation on the Nutritional Status of Children
Impact of Pension Privatization on Foreign Direct Investment
Does Women’s Land Ownership Promote Their Empowerment? Empirical Evidence from Nepal
Uninsured Health Shocks and Agricultural Productivity among Rural Households
This article investigates how health shocks affect farm productivity in the presence of microcredit. It is expected that microcredit increases agricultural productivity by enhancing allocative and technical efficiency and by overcoming financial constraints that reduce purchase of inputs. However, microcredit will have competing uses in the event of uninsured health shocks to the household. Using an endogenous switching regression model and after…
Heterogeneous Effects of Maternal Labor Market Participation on the Nutritional Status of Children
Does climate matter? An empirical study of interregional migration in China
Do farmers adopt fewer conservation practices on rented land? Evidence from straw retention in China
The Role of Social Capital in Risk-Taking Decisions under Joint Liability Lending
Joint liability group lending has come under scrutiny for failure to promote profitable risk-taking among smallholder borrowers in developing countries. One possible explanation for the absence of profitable risk-taking is the collateral-like effect of social capital, which borrowers fear losing if they default. In this paper, we use data from a framed field experiment and a survey administered in Tanzania to empirically investigate the relations…
Corporate environmentalism and economic performance
The ISO 14001 voluntary standard is a blueprint for improving an organization’s environmental record and one of many tools available to address our planet’s ecological challenges. Since its introduction in 1996, adoption of the standard has surged globally, despite its significant costs. We examine the economic benefits to firms of being ISO 14001-certified by exploring whether certification results in a more efficient production process, using a…
Business (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Finance (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works) · Agricultural economics (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works)