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Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) provide opportunities for developing a variety of safe and cost effective, prophylactic, and curative medicines for a number of maladies. It is estimated that the primary health care of over 80 per cent of the world’s population still depends on plant based...
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The valuation of farmland is a perennial issue for agricultural policy, given its importance in the farm investment portfolio. Despite the significance of farmland values to farmer wealth, prediction remains a difficult task. This study develops a dynamic information measure to examine the...
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Croatia is very close to meeting the requirements necessary for becoming a member of the European Union (EU). On February 6, 2008, the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said that accession negotiations with Croatia are moving ahead well. As in all new member states (NMS), the...
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This study analyzes the impact of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) on the agricultural sector in Schleswig-Holstein, a federal state in Germany. First, a very detailed farm group linear programming model is built to quantify the effects on agricultural production and farm incomes. The production...
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Baldwin and Richardson (1972) and Miyagiwa (1991) laid out the conditions under which a home-bias in public procurement is rendered ineffective as a protectionist device. Since then there has been little empirical work on this subject. In this paper, we bridge this gap by building a new dataset...
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In this research, the equilibrium real exchange rate as well as exchange rate misalignment in Switzerland and Lithuania … effective exchange rate in Switzerland, and the latter three variables are significant in determining the real effective … both countries. Several periods of significant misalignment are detected for both Switzerland and Lithuania. The Thesis …
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In contrast to many other countries, Switzerland generally has not seen soaring house prices in the 2000s and house … homeownership rate much above its current level. This paper presents the main aspects of housing policy and finance in Switzerland …
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This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse … the German-speaking region of Switzerland affect outcomes in the labour market, or whether economic interactions are …
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components of GDP and tourism income of Switzerland with annual data for the period 1980 – 2007. We find evidence of 4 dominant …
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die Schweiz, vor allem auf Branchenebene? 2. Welches sind theoretisch die Determinanten interindustrieller Unterschiede im …
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