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This study attempts to evaluate the economic benefits of the country of origin labeling (COOL) in Taiwan. A Vickrey second-price sealed-bid auction was conducted to estimate the consumer’s willingness to pay for Taiwan products vs. those from China and Vietnam. Our experiment was designed to...
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This paper introduces technology choice and credit access constraints in Melitz (2003) model under a dynamic setting to explain the factors that limit the prospects of a firm from availing trade liberalization benefits. Two such constraints which are specifically relevant in a developing country...
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We use the concept of the product space to analyze the key features of the transformation process in Africa with a focus on the agricultural sector. Between 1962 and 2008, we find that both specialization and diversification occur for the overall economy and across sectors. Our findings also...
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volatility is an important factor in explaining the trade pattern of wheat trade worldwide. Keywords: wheat, export, exchange …
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animals from the market, and halts the export of livestock products from the infected country. The magnitude of these effects … implications of alternative FMD and export scenarios in the Finnish pig sector. It takes into account dynamics and adjustment of … pig producers can increase considerably when the risk of prolonged export ban increases. Production adjustments also …
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This paper reconsiders the implications of efficient markets for transmission of price volatility across markets. Tests of volatility transmission are based on conditional variances. Results are reported for key grain and beef markets. Transmission across cash, futures, and options is considered.
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commodities. However, the co-integration is weaker than theoretically predicted. The price effect of bioenergy might be mitigated …
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