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We consider in the present paper an original approach to a decision making problem related to the management of a primary resource, namely the rubber tree. By using the social choice theory through approval voting, we show that it is possible to improve the return of the crop. Hence, by...
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This article presents a specific association of a role-playing game (RPG) and an agent-based model (ABM) aimed at dealing with a large range of time scales. Applications to the field of natural resource management lead one to consider the short time scale of resource use in practice at the same...
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Using the latest forest inventory, this paper provides a comprehensive analysis of China's forest sector by focusing on new forest trends, forest policy changes and challenges to achieve a sustainable forest management. We analyze the dynamics of forest resources and provide an impact assessment...
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transitions, we find that external debt constraints indebted countries to move up democracy scale but incite governments to …
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of democracy in his country during his tenure. This e ffect is shown to be independent from the leader's education level …, as well as from his profession. Moreover, it is mainly driven by countries with a poor initial level of democracy. These …
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Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …
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A large theoretical literature has identified the deficiencies of cooperatives and deduced they should disappear. However, the empirical literature has not confirmed a significantly lower level of efficiency for cooperatives. A survey of the empirical literature and new data on French...
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66 developing countries over the period 1990-2005, this paper provides econometric evidence that democracy matters for … insufficiently welfare minded. We found that high levels of democracy are specifically needed in natural resource rich countries to …
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element of human-sized organizations that were the first mutual or cooperative Caisses, is democracy running the risk to … disappearance of democracy inherent to the cooperative project, a more differentiating diagnosis is proposed, followed by an outline … of some working leads for a creative evolution of cooperative democracy. …
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quality of democracy, and we investigate whether foreign aid can dampen them. We take advantage of previous empirical findings … flows can potentially dampen the effects of terms of trade instability on democracy. An empirical investigation with data … of trade instability affects democracy through income instability. …
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