The present article aims, on the one hand, to show that the study of markets should highlight both the processes of stabilization and the processes of upholding or creation of uncertainty. On the other hand, it stresses the strategies of actors backing up both types of processes. Consequently, a...

Notre propos est de comprendre comment s'institutionnalisent les processus de marché qui ne sont aucunement des entités émergeant spontanément d'un déterminisme économique. En effet, l'existence de déterminations économiques est un fait bien réel, qui ne peut, toutefois, occulter la...

The paper examined variety price premium attributes, spatial andtemporal pricing patterns of cowpeas in Ogun State Nigeria. Monthlyretail cowpea prices were collected over the period of January 1989 toDecember 1999, for peu (drum) and sokoto varieties. Four marketslocated in four zones were used...

This paper considers why and how the Performance Based Allocation (PBA) used in multilateral development banks and in particular at IDA, could be improved by taking the structural handicaps of eligible countries into account. The PBA relies on a debatable definition of performance. It does not...

This study analyzes the impact of remittances as seen in household survey data from three small rural communities. OLS and multivariate anova regressions were used to analyze household survey data collected in Cumbe and Gualaceo (Ecuador) and in Ciudad Romero (El Salvador). The results...

Why is it that firms that compete within the same industrial sector have divergent productivity growth over time? Is this phenomenon related to specific characteristics of their organizations, their human capital, their capital investments or a mix of all of these parameters? This paper provides...

We estimate a dynamic programming model of schooling decisions in which the degree of risk aversion can be inferred from schooling decisions. In our model, individuals are heterogeneous with respect to school and market abilities but homogeneous with respect to the degree of risk aversion. We...