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The impact of uncertainty on investment : a meta-analysis

Koetse, Mark J.; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond … - 2006

In this paper we perform a meta-analysis on empirical estimates of the impact between investment and uncertainty. Since … can explain to a large extent why empirical estimates of the investment-uncertainty relationship differ. …

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Starting an R&D project under uncertainty

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Luttens, Roland Iwan; Peters, Bettina - 2010

We study a two-stage R&D project with an abandonment option. Two types of uncertainty influence the decision to start R …&D. Demand uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a proportional increase and decrease in demand. Technical uncertainty is … modelled as a lottery between a decrease and increase in the cost to continue R&D. We relate differences in uncertainty to …

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Is EU support to Malawi agriculture effective?

Zant, Wouter - 2012

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How does market access affect smallholder behavior? : the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi

Zant, Wouter - 2012

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How does market access for smallholders affect export supply? : the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi

Zant, Wouter - 2016

Transaction costs play a key role in the behaviour of smallholders in developing countries. We investigate smallholder tobacco cultivation in Malawi, Malawi's major export crop, and exploit the introduction of an additional tobacco auction floor to measure the impact of a reduction in...

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Impact of mobile phones on staple food markets in Mozambique : improved arbitrage or increased rent extraction?

Zant, Wouter - 2017

I use the quasi experimental nature of the roll-out of the mobile phone network in Mozambique to estimate the impact of search costs on the dispersion of maize prices and transport costs. The introduction of mobile phone services from 1997 to 2009 explains a 4.5-11% percent reduction in price...

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Mobile phones and Mozambique traders : what is the size of reduced search costs and who benefits?

Zant, Wouter - 2019

We investigate to what extent the roll-out of the mobile phone network in Mozambique reduced transport costs and search costs, and thereby decreased spatial price dispersion and improved market efficiency. Estimations are based on data of transport costs of maize grain and maize market prices....

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Mobile phones and Mozambique farmers : less asymmetric information and more trader competition?

Zant, Wouter - 2018

We measure the impact of search costs on farmers' and traders' transaction prices in Mozambique by investigating to what extent the introduction of mobile phones has affected the margin between recorded maize producer and retail market prices, and by exploring if producers or traders benefit...

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Investment under risk with discrete and continuous assets

Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Vigh, Melinda - 2009

This paper considers a general class of stochastic dynamic choice models with discrete and continuous decision variables. This class contains a variety of models that are useful for modeling intertemporal household decisions under risk. Our examples are drawn from the field of development...

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Russian reforms : the return of the peasant?

Bezemer, Dirk Johan - 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...

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