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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND SEGREGATION IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS: NON-GENETICALLY MODIFIED AND SPECIALTY CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS IN IOWA

Miranowski, John A.; Jensen, Helen H.; Batres-Marquez, … - 2004

An important dimension of product differentiation and segregation for specialty crops is the added handling and …

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Who pays the costs of non-GMO segregation and identity preservation?

Desquilbet, Marion; Bullock, David S. - 2002

and market segregation. We represent explicitly the costs of non-GMO segregation and identity preservation (IP) for both … segregation in the European Union (EU). We analyze how the costs of IP are distributed among heterogenous producers, handlers and …

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Residential Segregation in General Equilibrium

Bayer, Patrick; McMillan, Robert; Rueben, Kim - 2004

This paper studies the causes and consequences of racial segregation using a new general equilibrium model that treats … carrying out counterfactual simulations that shed light on the causes and consequences of segregation. In terms of causes, and … result in significant reductions in racial segregation, as minority households would sort into newly formed minority …

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Three Essays on Heterogeneous Workers in Imperfect Labour Markets

Manger, Christian - 2010

Diese Dissertation besteht aus drei eigenständigen Arbeiten, die unterschiedliche Auswirkungen von Arbeitsmarktunvollkommenheiten auf heterogene Arbeiter betrachten. Die erste Arbeit zeigt anhand eines spieltheoretischen Modells, dass lediglich Koordinations- und Informationsfriktionen...

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Convergence within national diversity : a comparative perspective on the regulatory state in finance

Lütz, Susanne - 2003

The institutional governance approach sees national economies embedded in a bundle of non-market types of coordination (e.g. corporate hierarchies, networks, associations and the state). Governance oriented research explores configurations of governance types in sectoral, regional and national...

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First Solution: a safety-first plan backfires

Ballard, Roger - 2007

The document contains a commentary on the wider issues of responsibility raised by the collapse of First Solution Money Transfer. This was a UK based private limited company which provided a money transfer service, providing expatriates the facilities to transfer money back to their family in...

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The Implementation of Value Transfers in an Era of Financial Volatility: meeting the logistical challenge

Ballard, Roger - 2008

Presented at a workshop at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, this document explores the logistical solutions deployed within contemporary Hawala-style value transmission systems. It suggests that those frustrated by the lack of an effective global payments system for retial...

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Processes of consolidation and settlement in remittance-driven Hawala transactions between the UK and South Asia

Ballard, Roger - 2003

The paper, presented at a World Bank Conference on Migrant Remittances: development impact, opportunities for the financial sector and future prospects in London, 9th - 10th October 2003, examines the Hawala transactions by British labour migrants to South Asia, their region of origin.

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