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trade liberalization. …
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In this paper we analyse the impact of policy uncertainty on foreign direct investment strategies. The paper follows …
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Since the inception of supply management in Canada during the 1970s, milk production quota has been used to regulate output and participation in the dairy industry. In recent years, milk quota values have increased dramatically, almost tripling in value since the mid-1980s. This led to the Dairy...
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affects. The modelling framework accommodates risk aversion, price uncertainty, and applies recent aggregation theory to … depend on the properties of producers’ risk preferences. With constant relative risk aversion there is a wealth effect which …
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Current trade policy pursued by the Sri Lankan government on rice can best be described as adhoc as it is characterized by protecting farmers during glut seasons and consumers during deficit seasons. This study examines the economy-wide impacts of various policy packages on rice and related...
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To sell their surpluses of maize, the main staple in Benin, farmers may choose among three modes of transaction: they may sell under a contract with itinerant traders, or they may sell without a contract at the farmgate or on distant markets. It has been postulated that farmers may choose a...
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As a result of a large number of food scandals, societal interest in transparency in the food sector has grown … address. Hence, the creation of transparency in the production process has been the focus of the legislation. In this context … foods. This is intended as a response to the general call for more transparency or a "gläserne Produktion ". It has not been …
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We present a research plan to assess the value of transparency by comparing pork supply chains in The Netherlands and … quality control institutions. We define chain configuration in terms of structure and transparency. In order to be able to …
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Key issues in the effective delivery of EU-funded rural development programmes include simplification, transparency and …
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Transparency has gained much relevance in food chains. This paper summarizes the determinants of transparency and … points out that transparency in the sense of effective information exchange needs trust as a mediator in order to become a … the reciprocal and dynamic mechanisms of trust on transparency and vice versa. It is argued that both constructs should be …
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