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Millers, Commission Agents and Collusion in Grain Auction Markets: Evidence From Basmati Auctions in North India

Banerji, A. - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper undertakes structural estimation of asymmetric auction models in a market for basmati, and detects the presence of a cartel consisting of a large (in market share) local miller and commission agents purchasing for large distant millers. The contracts between the distant millers and...

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Competition and Collusion in Grain Markets: Basmati Auctions in North India

Banerji, A; Meenakshi, J.V. - eSocialSciences - 2010

Many small wholesale grain markets in India are characterized by large numbers of sellers and a relatively small number of buyers, thereby lending the price formation process open to manipulation through collusion. Government intervention limits the extent of such manipulation through the...

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Parking Space for the Poor: Restrictions Imposed on Marketing and Movement of Agricultural Goods in India

Wadhwa, Mayank - eSocialSciences - 2010

Agricultural markets in India have been regulated since 1928 with the inception of the "Royal Commission of Agriculture." Policy intervention in agriculture was virtually absent till the Bengal Famine of 1943, in which more than a million people died. The famine provided a major impetus for...

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The Political Economy of Food Pricing Policy in China

Huang, Jikun; Zhang, Jun; Rozelle, Scott - eSocialSciences - 2013

The overall goal of this paper is to analyse the political economy of food price policies in China during the global food crisis. The results show that given Chinaâ€™s unique economic and political context and the nature of its agricultural markets, the governmentâ€™s reaction to the...

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Foreign Investment in Farmland No Low-hanging Fruit

Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2012

A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land, and when land has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages...

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Transgenics in Indian Agriculture: Experiences so far and implications of KIA proposals on Indian Farmers

V, Ramanjaneyulu G - eSocialSciences - 2008

KIA proposes to bring a paradigm shift in Indian Agriculture in terms of human resource development, research, technology generation, technology dissemination and commercialization. In the short run, the KIA would concentrate on the four themes namely, (i) education, learning resources,...

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An Analysis of the Special Safeguard Mechanisms in the Doha Round of Negotiations A Proposed Price-trigger-based Safeguard Mechanism

Pal, Parthapratim; Wadhwa, Deepika - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper takes a detailed look at the SSM and analyzes its usefulness for developing countries. It also explores how the concept of a special agricultural safeguard has evolved in the present round of negotiations and what are the country positions on SSMs in the Doha Round. The paper then...

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Development and Health in Poor Countries: Role of Interntional Organizations and Switzerland

Briand, Bastein; Colli, Lorenza Eder; Gut, Anne; Henny, … - eSocialSciences - 2011

human rights ; 2. the mechanism which enabled the progressive shift of global agreements negotiated at WTO to bilateral or … multilateral agreements negotiated outside WTO ; 3. the role of the main parties involved in the protection of IP, in particular … WTO, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of …

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Feminist Economics of Trade: Reflections on the Indian Manufacturing Sector

Barria, Susana; Ramanujan, Purnima - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper examines the socio-economic condition of women in India. The paper begins by delving into different forms of violence faced by women in India, giving special attention to the work sphere and the political economic order, in order to give a backdrop to the following discussion. The...

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NOVARTIS vs. Union of India: Some Lessons

Rai, Sheela - eSocialSciences - 2007

TRIPS is a reality and India has to rework its patent law to conform to it. But that does not mean that we have a patent law that provides for TRIPS plus rules. Our interest lies in taking full advantage of any flexibility available in the agreement

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