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Measuring the Integration of Staple Food Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous Infrastructure and Cross Border Trade in the East African Community
Ihle, Rico; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von; Zorya, Sergiy - CESifo - 2011
This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize markets and the factors determining national and cross-national transmission of price signals in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use a rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914284
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A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on European Agriculture
Passel, Steven Van; Massetti, Emanuele; Mendelsohn, Robert - CESifo - 2014
This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis. Climate, soil, geography and regional socio-economic variables are matched with farm level data from 37,612 farms across Western Europe. We demonstrate that a median quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877673
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Agricultural Exports, Tariffs and Growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - CESifo - 2014
This article presents a Ricardian model of trade with learning-by-doing to study the effect of barriers to trade in products with low growth potential on the long-run economic growth. The model shows that, when elasticity of demand for the product with a lower learning potential is lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735187
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The Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) and Tariffs: Price Behaviour with Imperfectly Competitive Market Intermediaries
MacLaren, Donald - CESifo - 2014
to use contingent tariffs to control import surges of food commodities and/or downward spikes in their border prices. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735189
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Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Export Policy
Giordani, Paolo E.; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - CESifo - 2012
This paper studies the relationship between export policy and food prices. We show that, when individuals are loss … averse, food exporters may use trade policy to shield the domestic economy from large price shocks. This creates a … complementarity between the price of food in international markets and export policy. Specifically, unilateral actions by exporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542015
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How Institutions Shape Land Deals: The Role of Corruption
Bujko, Matthias; Fischer, Christian; Krieger, Tim; … - CESifo - 2015
Large-scale land acquisitions often take place in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendliness caused by weak institutional frameworks. We hypothesize that corruption indeed leads to more land deals. We argue that corrupt elites exploit poor institutional setups...
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What Drives the Global Land Rush?
Arezki, Rabah; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris - CESifo - 2011
This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368564
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Landownership Concentration and the Expansion of Education
Cinnirella, Francesco; Hornung, Erik - CESifo - 2011
This paper studies the effect of landownership concentration on school enrollment for nineteenth-century Prussia. Prussia is an interesting laboratory given its decentralized educational system and the presence of heterogeneous agricultural institutions. We find that landownership concentration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325808
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Thanks but No Thanks: A New Policy to Reduce Land Conflict
Dufwenberg, Martin; Köhlin, Gunnar; Martinsson, Peter; … - CESifo - 2014
Land conflicts in developing countries are costly. An important policy goal is to create respect for borders. This often involves mandatory, expensive interventions. We propose a new policy design, which in theory promotes neighborly relations at low cost. A salient feature is the option to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790172
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Deforestation, Production Intensity and Land Use under Insecure Property Rights
Amacher, Gregory S.; Koskela, Erkki; Ollikainen, Markku - CESifo - 2004
We propose a framework with endogenous allocation of land between agricultural production, sustainable forest management, and unsustainable forest exploitation in the form of illegal logging to explore deforestation and agricultural and timber supplies when property rights are insecure....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765938