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Continuous Time Trading in Markets with Adverse Selection

Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Karamychev, Vladimir - Tinbergen Institute - 2000

We investigate the nature of the adverse selection problem in a market for a durable good where trading and entry of …

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The Entrepreneurial Adjustment Process in Disequilibrium

Burke, Andrew; Stel, André van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

disequilibrium but little empirical research has examined firm entry and exit in this context. We redress this by modelling the … interrelationship between firm entry and exit in disequilibrium. Introducing a new methodology we investigate whether this … new-firm entry) while in overshoots competition induced by new firms (in particular strong displacement) helps restore …

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Industry Dynamics and Entrepreneurship: An Equilibrium Model

Fok, Dennis; Stel, Andre van; Burke, Andrew; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Institute - 2010

This paper conducts the first general equilibrium analysis of the role of entry, exit and profits in industry dynamics …, to discriminate between three aspects of industry dynamics: the effect of entry and exit on market equilibrium, duration … simultaneous equilibrium model of profits, entry and exit. We find that indeed entrants play an entrepreneurial function causing …

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The Political Economy of U.S. Export Subsidies for Wheat

Gardner, Bruce L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

During 1985-93 the U.S. Government provided $4.9 billion in subsidies to targeted foreign buyers of U.S. wheat under its Export Enhancement Program (EEP). The subsidies averaged $31 per metric ton, or about 25 percent of the U.S. price. The EEP generates a small gain to U.S. farmers, compared to...

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The Regional Self-Organizing Potential in Sustainable Agriculture: An Analysis of Co-operative Agreements on Nitrate Pollution by means of Rough Set Methods

Nijkamp, Peter; Oltmer, Katrin - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

This study addresses the achievements of cooperative agreements in sustainable agriculture policy. After an economic analysis of multi-actor choice situations, it focuses the attention on the self-organizing potential of regional market parties in order to comply with environmental policy...

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The Effectiveness of Dutch Municipal Recycling Policies

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

The EU advocates a household waste recycling rate of more than 70%. Although the Netherlands already years ago invested in recycling policies heavily, this is still a large challenge as nowadays on average this rate is approximately 50% and nearly no municipalities have a rate above 70%. Given...

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Do Consumer Price Subsidies Really Improve Nutrition?

Jensen, Robert T.; Miller, Nolan H. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

Many developing countries use food-price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However, subsidizing goods on which households spend a high proportion of their budget can create large wealth effects. Consumers may then substitute towards foods with higher...

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Innovations in Financing Food Security

Llanto, Gilberto M.; Badiola, Jocelyn R. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

A recent publication of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has highlighted the food insecurity problem facing the globe : food production will have to increase by 70% in 2050 to keep up with a global population that is projected to grow from 6 billion to 9 billion. There has to be...

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Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture

Mittal, Surabhi; Gandhi, Sanjay; Tripathi, Gaurav - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

Deficits in physical infrastructure, problems with availability of agricultural inputs and poor access to agriculture-related information are the major constraints on the growth of agricultural productivity in India. The more rapid growth of mobile telephony as compared to fixed line telephony...

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Profitable Use of SCF in a Policy Context : the Case of Rice Stockholding in the Philippines

Reyes, Celia M.; Mina, Christian D. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and selling low. Because the Philippine agriculture is greatly affected by extreme climate events such as El Nio and La Nia, this paper highlights...

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