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Mitigating the COVID-19 effect: Emergency economic policy-making in Central Europe
Podvršič, Ana; Becker, Joachim; Piroska, Dóra; … - 2020
, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, whose economic structure is characterized by strong export orientation. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565926
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashrafy, Quamrul; Galorz, Oded - 2011
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284033
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999, 2000) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household...
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Risk and Rationality : Uncovering Heterogeneity in Probability Distortion
Bruhin, Adrian; Fehr-Duda, Helga; Epper, Thomas - 2009
It has long been recognized that there is considerable heterogeneity in individual risk taking behavior but little is known about the distribution of risk taking types. We present a parsimonious characterization of risk taking behavior by estimating a finite mixture regression model for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207351
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Coasian payments for agricultural external benefits - an empirical cross-section analysis
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J - 2005
This paper deals with a cross section analysis of local compensation payments to farmers for their provision of landscape amenities in alpine tourist communities. These payments can be interpreted as the outcomes of Coasian negotiations. Based on Austrian data we empirically identify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294510
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Pluriactivity, Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic Success of Rural Households
De Silva, Ranmuthumalie; Kodithuwakku, Sarath - Manchester Business School - 2010
Pluriactivity has been identified in literature as a capital accumulation strategy. However, it has also been recognized as a survival strategy particularly in a resource constrained environment. Accordingly, it is questionable as to what extent pluriactivitity leads households to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870129
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Global agricultural market trendsand their impacts onEuropean Union agriculture
Witzke, Harald von; Noleppa, Steffen; Schwarz, Gerald - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2008
and their implications forEuropean Union agriculture for the time period 2003/05 - 2013/15. The impacts on EuropeanUnion … agriculture are quantified using of a multi-market-model.The mega-trend of declining world market prices has ended. Since the turn … Auswirkungen auf die EU Landwirtschaft für den Zeitraum2003/05 - 2013/15 quantifiziert. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die weltweite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302562
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Landwirtschaft in der ökologischen Marktwirtschaft: Sicherung der Welternährung vs. Klimaschutz und Bioenergie
Witzke, Harald von - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2007
Ökologie und Klimaschutz sind in aller Munde. Die politischen Parteien in Deutschland und anderswo sind sich weitgehend einig. Die Marktwirtschaft soll "ökologisch" sein. Für Ökonomen ist dies Problem zumindest theoretisch ziemlich trivial. Die Emission von Klimagasen ist eine negative...
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Umgestaltung der Landwirtschaft in Ostdeutschland
Jaster, Karl; Filler, Günther - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2003
haben eine grundlegende Umgestaltung der ost-deutschen Landwirtschaft ausgelöst. Seitdem hat sich auf der Basis der … allgemein gültigen und speziell für die Umgestaltung der Landwirtschaft Ostdeutschlands geschaffenen Gesetzgebung eine … ausgesprochen dynamische Entwicklung in der Landwirtschaft Ostdeutschlands vollzogen... …
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Internationaler Handel und multifunktionale Landwirtschaft: Ein Agrarsektormodell zur Analyse politischer Optionen und Entscheidungsunterstützung.
Weber, Gerald - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2003
In der WTO-Agrarhandelsrunde von Doha geht es neben dem Abbau von Exportsubventionen und der Abschaffung von Marktzugangsbeschränkungen auch um die weitere Reduktion von internen Subventionen, die als produktions- und damit handelsverzerrend eingestuft sind. Eine Gruppe von Ländern, darunter...
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