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Concepts of price fairness: Empirical research into the Dutch coffee market
Gielessen, R.; Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper researches perceptions of the concept of price fairness in the Dutch coffee market. We distinguish four alternative standards of fair prices based on egalitarian, basic rights, capitalistic and libertarian approaches. We investigate which standards are guiding the perceptions of price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545989
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The Proliferation of Fiscal Incentives and the Nicaraguan State as a Manager of Rents: A Political Economy Perspective on Nicaraguan Industrial Policy Since 1990
Maas, Hauke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper finds that the proliferation of fiscal incentives in the form of tax exemptions in Nicaragua since 1990 … productive investments, Nicaragua’s tax incentives are merely “assistentialist” and lack effectiveness. For a dynamic industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837331
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Evolución de la Pobreza Multidimensional en Nicaragua, 2001-2009
Espinoza-Delgado, José Luis; López-Laborda, Julio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua applying the methodology developed by Alkire and Foster … using the 2001, 2005 and 2009 Nicaragua Living Standards Measurement Survey data. Eleven dimensions are considered and three … case of Nicaragua. In general, this paper, in addition to questioning the official poverty estimates in Nicaragua and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156999
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Does the insurance effect of public and private transfers favor financial deepening? evidence from rural Nicaragua
Hernandez-Hernandez, Emilio; Sam, Abdoul G.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
a loan via changes in credit demand and supply. Empirical evidence from poor rural households in Nicaragua shows CCTs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260385
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Nicaragua: el desafío pendiente de superación de la pobreza
Gallardo, Mauricio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper discusses why Nicaragua is today one of the poorest countries in the region of Latin America and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619171
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Central America's Macroeconomic Environment and the Role of the Investment Climate under Free Trade
Gould, David; Loening, Josef L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Central America's economic performance in recent years has benefited from improved macroeconomic management, a favorable external environment, as well as rising investor confidence since the region has pursued greater access to global markets, particularly with the signing of DR-CAFTA in 2004....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680306
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"You Quit?" Influence of Neighbor Experience and Exit on Small Farmer Market Participation
Michelson, Hope - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This research analyzes the relationship between a farmers' participation in Nicaraguan supermarket supply chains and the market entries and exit of neighboring farmers. Drawing on insights from the technology adoption literature on learning and experimentation, we incorporate measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183536
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Small farmers, NGOs, and a Walmart World: Welfare effects of supermarkets operating in Nicaragua
Michelson, Hope C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
geographic placement of supermarket supply chains in Nicaragua between 2000 and 2008 and uses a difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110038