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Genetically modified organisms in agriculture: social and economic implications

Davies, Ben; Richards, Caspian; Spash, Clive L.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

, and largely concerned with scientific evidence of harm to human health and the environment. This contrasts with the public …

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Pluralism and deformalisation as mechanisms in the achievement of more equitable and just outcomes – the move from „Classical Formalism“ to deformalisation.

Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

of mankind“ are goals which are still capable of being achieved even where fragmentation, diversification and …

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Creating markets for ecosystem services

Murtough, Greg; Aretino, Barbara; Matysek, Anna - EconWPA - 2002

Ecosystem services are the functions performed by ecosystems that lead to desirable environmental outcomes, such as air and water purification, drought and flood mitigation, and climate stabilisation. Markets rarely exist for them. This study examines how newly defined property rights have been...

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Creating Markets for Biodiversity: A Case Study of Earth Sanctuaries Ltd

Aretino, Barbara; Holland, Paula; Peterson, Deborah; … - EconWPA - 2001

This papers examines the activities and operations of the first publicly listed company in Australia with wildlife conservation as its primary goal. Earth Sanctuaries Ltd (ESL) is the first publicly listed company in Australia with wildlife conservation as its primary goal. Its focus to date is...

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Regulating the International Audit Market and the removal of barriers to entry: The provision of non audit services by audit firms and the 2006 Statutory Audit Directive

Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Also published in "Regulation of Financial Institutions Journal CMBO" (December 2009). From the responses received from the European Commission’s consultation on control structures in audit firms and their consequences on the audit market, a consultation which was launched in November 2008,...

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Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Lessons from Experiences to Date

Buchs, Thierry - EconWPA - 2005

Privatization became a central element of economic reforms in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1990s. Yet, empirical evidence regarding the impact of privatization remains scarce. Since the seminal work of CAMPBELL-WHITE & BHATIA [1998], covering transactions on the African...

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MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS UNDER INTEREST RATES CEILINGS

Acclassato, Denis H. - HAL - 2006

supervision and to precipitate a massive decline of MFIs. This law limits incentives to better governance, the efficiency and the … interest rate ceilings and requirement of a minimal level of governance. We use comparative statics to show that a relaxation …

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Governance, Regulation and Innovation: Introducing New Studies

Ugur, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We introduce new studies that argue in favour of: (i) according a central role to governance and regulation as … potential determinants of innovation; and (ii) analysing the effects of governance and regulation on innovation in conjunction … Greenwich in September 2011 and will be published as an edited book titled Governance, Regulation and Innovation: Theory and …

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