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A general equilibrium analysis of the impact of climate change on agriculture in the People's Republic of China
Zhai, Fan; Lin, Tun; Byambadorj, Enerelt - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Using an economy-wide, global computable general equilibrium model, this paper … that with the anticipated decline in agriculture share of gross domestic product, the impact of climate change on the PRC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592973
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WTO and Agriculture Trade Liberalization – A Focus on China
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Agriculture sector plays a vital role in the world economy and provides food for every one of us. The World Trade … Organization (WTO) is important body in the international trade and agriculture. Surprisingly, the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA …) of WTO does not refer to food and agriculture at all. Agricultural subsidies and trade become controversial issues in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617135
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A Unified Implementation Theory
Saglam, Ismail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
This paper unifies the theories of Nash implementation and Bayesian implementation in a single framework. Environments considered are such that each agent's characteristics include, in addition to a specification of his private information, a commonly known type parameter, while both attributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790114
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Voluntary Contributions by Consent or Dissent
Tan, Jonathan H.W.; Breitmoser, Yves; Bolle, Friedel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We study games where voluntary contributions can be adjusted until a steady state is found. In consent games contributions start at zero and can be increased by consent, and in dissent games contributions start high and can be decreased by dissent. Equilibrium analysis predicts free riding in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552787
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Labour Market Activities of Rural Households in developing countries.
Jatta, Sylvester - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
its potential as a mechanism for improving the living standards of the rural poor. The analysis suggests that the sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107675
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Income, Money and Prices in Pakistan: Trends and Interrelationship
Husain, Fazal; Abbas, Kalbe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
This paper attempts to look at the trends in income, money, and prices in Pakistan over the years. In addition, we also look at the components of, as well as interrelationship among, these variables. Annual data from 1949-50 to 1998-99 are used and the period is further divided into five...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790412
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Banking consolidation and the availability of credit to small businesses
Cole, Rebel; Walraven, Nick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
relationship disappears after we control for characteristics of the small business firm and its principal owner, the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836119
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Crowdfunding: disintermediated investment banking
Rubinton, Brian J - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper introduces crowdfunding as a concept and model for the evolution of investment banking. Crowdfunding, an application of crowdsourcing, is defined as one party’s attempt to finance a project by offering three types of investment opportunities to potential investors. The investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147586
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Is There An Association Between Gasoline Prices & Physical Activity?Evidence from American Time Use Data.
Sen, Bisakha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
epidemic. A recent paper in the economics literature finds an inverse relationship between gasoline prices and obesity …-outs at the gym. Thus, ultimately, the relationship between gasoline prices and physical activity must be empirically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644153
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The Tertiary Sector Is Going to Dominate the World Economy; Should We Worry?
Sultan, Muyed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper explains some practical experiences on service sector growth as well as its contribution to the economy throughout the world. In rich countries, service contributions are comparatively higher than that in poor countries. But service sector growth rates are higher in the poor countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008567950