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How does Market Access affect Smallholder Behavior? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi
Zant, Wouter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
improved market access on production per hectare and the underlying smallholder’s decisions on production and cultivated area …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256379
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Limitations on De-collectivisation in Central European Agriculture
Bezemer, Dirk J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
Following formal privatisation of farm land and assets in CentralEurope, the change in agriculturalproduction structures has been both more limited and different thanwas initially expected. In this paper, thetheoretical reasons underlying those expectations are reviewed. Analternative...
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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 Polls create Momentum in Political Competition?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
We explore how public opinion polls affect candidates' campaign spending in political competition. Generally, polls lead to (more) asymmetric behavior. Under a majority rule there always exists an equilibrium in which the initially more popular candidate invests more in the campaign and thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255586
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Is EU Support to Malawi Agriculture Effective?
Zant, Wouter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
We measure the impact of the Farmers Income Diversification Program (FIDP), an EU funded program implemented in Malawi from late 2005 onwards, aiming at increasing agricultural productivity, diversification, value addition, commercialization and trade of subsistence farmers. The geographical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256146
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Russian Reforms: the Return of the Peasant?
Bezemer, Dirk J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999
Russian agriculture in transition (1991-1998) was characterised by a production collapse due to aloss in quality and quantity of acreage, disinvestments, falling purchasingpower, and increasedimports. Neither traditional agriculture nor the nascent family farm sector havebeen able to ensure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256456
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Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys
Zant, Wouter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
We exploit plot data from the agricultural module of the third Malawi Integrated Household Survey (IHS-3) to investigate how organic cultivation techniques contribute to productivity of non-subsidized local maize and what to expect from using organic inputs on a larger scale. We approximate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256742
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The Institutional Economics of Stakeholder Consultation; Reducing Implementations Costs through 'Matching Zones'
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Wolde, Sjoerd ten - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
This paper discusses various ways to organise these consultations, so that a compromise agreement is reached on the solution of the (re)distribution problem. These institutionalised structures of consultation are referred to as 'matching zones' here. Practical experiences, mainly from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257424
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Halal Certification for Financial Products: A Transaction Cost Perspective
Hayat, Raphie; Butter, Frank A.G. den; Kock, Udo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
) and money (USD 122,000) to obtain a halal certification. Mainly, this is because the market is very concentrated and forms … a closed circuit. About 20 Sharia scholars control more than half the market, of which the top 3 earn an estimated USD 4 ….5 mln in fees per year. Moreover this market seems plagued by a number of problems, most notably a strong incentive to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255522
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The Importance of Emotions for the Effectiveness of Social Punishment
Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
This paper experimentally explores how the enforcement of cooperative behavior in a social dilemma is facilitated through institutional as well as emotional mechanisms. Recent studies emphasize the importance of negatively valued emotions, such as anger, which motivate individuals to punish free...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256568