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Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can …
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This paper studies the stability of socially responsible behavior in markets. We develop a laboratory product market in … seller competition and limited consumer information. Fair behavior in the market is slightly lower than that measured in …
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This paper studies socially responsible behavior in markets. We develop a laboratory product market in which low … seller competition and limited consumer information, and it responds to costs and prices in a manner consistent with a model …-cost production that creates negative externalities is significantly more prevalent in markets in China. Across both studies …
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The paper presents a new sectoral taxonomy that combines manufacturing and service industries within the same general framework. This exercise is relevant because it seeks to achieve a greater integration between the study of sectoral patterns of innovation in manufacturing and services, and to...
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channels seem to be complement, rather than substitute, strategies to compete in foreign markets; (3) sectoral specificities …
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"The rural nonfarm economy (RNFE) accounts for roughly 25 percent of full-time rural employment and 35-40 percent of rural incomes across the developing world. This diverse collection of seasonal trading, household-based and large-scale agroprocessing, manufacturing and service activities plays...
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This paper investigates the empirical relevance of a model of structural change and the growth of industrial sectors. The model analyses the process of diffusion of general-purpose technologies (GPTs) and how this affects the dynamic performance of manufacturing and service industries. The...
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Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The Government of Ghana has declared its new development goal of reaching middle-income status by 2015. Achieving this goal will require Ghana to double its per capita income over the...
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This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of volatility between the corn, wheat, and soybean markets … in the United States. Volatility interactions across markets, if they exist, may lower the effectiveness of …
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