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This study evaluates potential reforms of the EU and some liberalization policies under the Doha agenda proposal …
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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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A man is a key subject of economics. “A man is irrational” - this opinion can be made from Allais paradox, risk …
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Calls for liberalizing cash crop sectors in sub-saharan Africa have been voiced for decades. Yet, the impact of reforms remains elusive in empirical studies. This paper offers new opportunities to solve this problem by creating precise and consistent market organisation indices for 25 African...
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Cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) were run by monopolistic para-statal organisms for a long time. They embarked upon a restructuring/liberalisation process as of the mid-1980s but the outcomes were mitigated at best. As these sectors resemble service distribution networks...
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. Our simulations show that the various modalities of trade liberalization may have different impacts on the welfare, the …
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of privatization/liberalization, at distinct modalities, within the implementation of globalization-oriented policies …
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This essay develops the financial instability hypothesis of Hyman Minsky through an analysis of the pitfalls of the liberal regulatory framework in order to deal with long-standing and long-lasting financial issues of capitalist economies. It argues that the roots of the 2007/08 crisis are...
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limits of that process. Then, a historical and global overview of the liberalization movement and the actual state of the … liberalization process in the water sector. Section III looks at how these factors operate in three models of liberalization … challenges of liberalization in the water sector, which have to do with guaranteeing integrity and coherence of water systems. …
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all participants but with ambiguity (partial transparency). We show that, in theory, both communication strategies are … reducing the degree of transparency. We run a laboratory experiment to test whether theoretical predictions hold in a game … either communication strategy. This paper, however, makes a case for partial transparency rather than partial publicity …
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