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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...

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How does Market Access affect Smallholder Behavior? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi

Zant, Wouter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

Transaction costs play a key role in the behaviour of smallholders in developing countries. We exploit the introduction of an additional tobacco auction floor in Malawi to investigate the impact of a reduction in transaction costs and improved market access on production per hectare and the...

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High Performance in Complex Spatial Systems: A Self-Organizing Mapping Approach with Reference to The Netherlands

Kourtit, Karima; Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

This discussion paper resulted in an article in the Annals of Regional Science (2012). Volume 48, issue 2(SI), pages 501-527. This paper addresses the performance of creative firms from the perspective of complex spatial systems. Based on an extensive high-dimensional database on both the...

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A Cognitive Approach to Organizational Complexity

Fioretti, Guido; Visser, Bauke - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

Organizational theory has construed complexity as an objective characteristic of either the structure or the behaviour of an organization. We argue that to further our understanding it should be understood in terms of human cognition of a structure or behavior. This cognitive twist is...

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The Formation of a Core Periphery Structure in Heterogeneous Financial Networks

Daan in 't Veld; Leij, Marco van der; Hommes, Cars - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

Recent empirical evidence suggests that financial networks exhibit a core periphery network structure. This paper aims … at giving an economic explanation for the emergence of such a structure using network formation theory. Focusing on … intermediation benefits, we find that a core periphery network cannot be unilaterally stable when agents are homogeneous. The best …

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Market Power in Bilateral Oligopoly Markets with Nonexpandable Infrastructures

Funaki, Yukihiko; Houba, Harold; Motchenkova, Evgenia - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

We consider price-fee competition in bilateral oligopolies with perfectly-divisible goods, non-expandable infrastructures, concentrated agents on both sides, and constant marginal costs. We define and characterize stable market outcomes. Buyers exclusively trade with the supplier with whom they...

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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

excessively lenient in certification, sub-standard governance practices, lack of consensus regarding certification standards and …

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From Tradition to Modernity: Economic Growth in a Small World

Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

affects firm size and efficiency, norm enforcement, and aggregate economic performance. When economic integration is low and …

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Price-setting Power versus Private Information

Sloof, Randolph - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

This paper investigates the extent of the holdup underinvestment problem in a buyer-seller relationship in which the seller has private information about his alternative trading opportunities. Theory predicts that, compared with a situation in which outside options are publicly observed, the...

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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution

Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network … firms’ existing network, we provide some insight into distant link formation with unknown partners, which contributes to our …

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