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Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?

Frijters, Paul; Liu, Amy Y.C.; Meng, Xin - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 1, pp. 159-171

In this paper we study the effect of optimistic income expectations on life satisfaction amongst the Chinese population … strong in the countryside and amongst rural-to-urban migrants. The importance of these expectations for life satisfaction is … particularly pronounced in the urban areas, though also highly significant for the rural area. If expectations were to reverse from …

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How to commit (if you must): Commitment contracts and the dual-self model

Peysakhovich, Alexander - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 101 (2014) C, pp. 100-112

This paper studies how dual-self (Fudenberg and Levine, 2006) decision-makers can use commitment technologies to combat temptation and implement long-run optimal actions. I consider three types of commitment technologies: carrot contracts (rewards for ‘good’ behavior financed by borrowing...

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On the political economy of guest worker programs in agriculture

Rickard, Bradley J. - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 52 (2015), pp. 1-8

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GMO standards, endogenous policy and the market for information

Vigani, Mauro - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 43 (2013), pp. 32-43

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Cerrado meets savannah, family farmers meet peasants : the political economy of Brazil's agricultural cooperation with Mozambique

Zanella, Matheus Alves; Milhorance de Castro, Carolina - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 58 (2016), pp. 70-81

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Political economy of child nutrition policy : a qualitative study of India's integrated child development services (ICDS) scheme

Balarajan, Yarlini; Reich, Michael - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 62 (2016), pp. 88-98

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The political economy of labeling

Zilberman, David; Kaplan, Scott; Gordon, Benjamin - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 78 (2018), pp. 6-13

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Trade and terroir: the political economy of the world's first geographical indications

Meloni, Giulia; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 81 (2018), pp. 1-20

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A comparative political economic analysis of maize sector policies in eastern and southern Africa

Sitko, Nicholas J.; Chamberlin, Jordan; Cunguara, Benedito - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 69 (2017), pp. 242-255

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Interest-group size and legislative lobbying

Schneider, Maik T. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 29-41

We develop a model of legislative decision making in which lobbying and public policy are jointly determined. We examine how policy outcomes depend on the sizes of the interest groups. While a larger size typically involves favorable effects on policy, we also identify threshold levels of...

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