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Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not … compensating differentials will increase both efficiency and fairness, quite in line with the classical position taken by Adam … Differentiale heranführen dienen zugleich der Verbesserung der Effizienz und der Gerechtigkeit. …
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In both developed and developing countries, there are basically two main sources of economic instability: exogenous shocks and inappropriate policies. Exogenous shock (terms-of-trade shocks, natural disasters and capital flow reversals) can throw an economy into disequilibrium and therefore...
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of the American public support or oppose the use of biotechnology in agriculture and food production. To accomplish this … formation in this regard. The effects of expected benefits, feelings of trust in information, and knowledge about biotechnology …
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Successful innovation depends on the management of a firm’s knowledge base. This paper empirically investigates the determinants of knowledge regulation. Using a unique survey dataset, the analysis suggests that R&D managers do not leak knowledge randomly, but rather regulate knowledge...
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This paper presents the milestones of the Green Revolution, outlining its role in the development of today's sustainable and biotechnological agriculture, as well as Romanian contribution. In order to do this we used the material found in papers and books on the research in agriculture from the...
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In this paper, a fifteen regions–fifteen sectors global Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model is calibrated. It offers quantitative enumeration of 5% exogenous biotechnological invention in USA in genetically modified crops namely, maize grains and soybean. Consequently, it results in...
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This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic … benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The … extent to which agricultural biotechnology will compound or mitigate the constraints faced by smallholders …
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A stakeholder survey was conducted in Ghana to assess the level of public perceptions and acceptance of agricultural biotechnologies. A total of 100 respondents drawn from academia, Non-governmental organizations, business community, government and other stakeholders were interviewed on their...
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scope of government policy. In biotechnology it is possible to get a policy that combines both equity and efficiency, that …This paper aims to relate the principles of Ronald Coase Theorem with negative impacts of biotechnology, taking cases … of specific research groups and medium-sized companies in biotechnology. We consider an application of economic theory on …
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scope of government policy. In biotechnology it is possible to get a policy that combines both equity and efficiency, that …This paper aims to relate the principles of Ronald Coase Theorem with negative impacts of biotechnology, taking cases … of specific research groups and medium-sized companies in biotechnology. We consider an application of economic theory on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395487