Similar Search Results

Analysing the Impact of Decoupling at a Regional Level in Ireland: A Farm Level Dynamic Linear Programming Approach

Shrestha, Shailesh; Hennessy, Thia C. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper describes a methodology to assess the impact of the decoupling of payments on Irish farms at a regional level. The methodology is based on a farm level dynamic linear programming model which optimises regional gross margin under a set of constraints. Regionally representative farms...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805179

Re-testing the Resource Curse Hypothesis Using Panel Data and an Improved Measure of Resource Intensity

Rambaldi, Alicia N.; Hall, Greg; Brown, Richard P.C. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Most empirical studies of the Resource Curse Hypothesis (RCH) find evidence of a strong negative relationship between a country's natural resource abundance and economic growth. We question the reliability of these findings in relation to the definitions and measures used for both resource...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005483967

Less Discussed Dynamics in the Czech Farm Structure Development

Curtiss, Jarmila; Ratinger, Tomas; Medonos, Tomas - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The paper provides an empirical study of the dynamics of ownership changes in Czech agricultural companies, which are assigned by unique heterogeneity in ownership forms. Since employee ownership has retained a relatively important place in these structures, neoclassical, as well as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060554

Non-Tariff Measures in Agri-Food Trade: What Does the Data Tell Us? Evidence from a Cluster Analysis on OECD Imports

Disdier, Anne-Celia; Tongeren, Frank W. van - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Non-tariff measures (NTMs) are playing an increasing role in international trade of agri-food trade. Although well-recognized, this aspect has not been extensively analysed at a disaggregated product level. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the trade incidence of NTMs notified by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913397

ANALYZING NEGOTIATION APPROACHES IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A CASE STUDY OF CROP-LIVESTOCK CONFLICTS IN SRI LANKA

Birner, Regina - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003

power relations and conflicts of interests. Negotiation approaches have been proposed as a strategy to overcome such … to apply the concept of political capital in combination with game theoretical modeling for an analysis of negotiation … political interests. The crucial role that the public administration may play for the enforcement of a negotiation outcome is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005460396

Producing and Procuring Horticultural Crops with Chinese Characteristics: Why Small Farmers Are Thriving and Supermarkets Are Absent in Rural China

Wang, Honglin; Dong, Xiaoxia; Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As … communities in the Greater Beijing area, we find small and poor farmers have actively participate in the emergence of China … the paper we document seven characteristics of China's food economy that we believe account for this unique set of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805110

An Exploratory Assessment of the Economic Impact of Forage Options for Beef Production on Smallholder Farms in the Red Soils Region of China

MacLeod, Neil D.; Wen, Shilin; Hu, Mingwen - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The rapidly growing beef cattle herd of the Peoples Republic of China is largely carried as small numbers of animals on … south-central China. An economic model and a synthetic case example of a smallholder farm enterprise are used to briefly …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805170

The Role of Infrastructure Capital in China’s Regional Economic Growth

Shi, Yingying - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

This paper investigates the role of infrastructure capital in China’s regional economic development during 1990 to 2009 … land-line telephone. The results support a positive role of infrastructure in improving economic wellbeing in China. It … shows that infrastructure has contributed to the convergence among China’s provinces. However, declining growth momentum …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069620

Land Reallocations, Passive Land Rental, and the Development of Rental Markets in Rural China

Kung, James Kai-sing; Shimokawa, Satoru - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

administrative land reallocations and the development of land rental markets in China. We find that the two alternative mechanisms of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069652

Trade Policy Responses to Food Price Crisis and Implications for Existing Domestic Support Measures: The Case of China in 2008

Yu, Wusheng; Jensen, Hans Grinsted - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

interaction by providing a quantitative assessment on how increased spending on agricultural domestic support in China offset the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069660