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The Design of Liability Rules for Highly Risky Activities - Is Strict Liability the Better Solution?

Nell, Martin; Richter, Andreas - 2001

Strict liability is widely seen as the most suitable way to govern highly risky activities, such as environmentally dangerous production or genetic engineering. The reason which is usually given for applying strict liability to these areas, is that not only efficient care is supposed to be...

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Customary versus Technological Advancement Tests

Deffains, Bruno; Demougin, Dominique - 2006

In an environment where the optimal level of care is unknown, we ask under a state of the art defense which method is better able to induce parties to undertake optimal care. Assuming courts can see a noisy signal of research activities undertaken by a defendant and some of its competitors, we...

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Steht das produktivgenossenschaftliche Modell in Estland,Lettland und Litauen vor einer (Wieder-)Belebung?

Kramer, Jost W. - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fakultät für … - 2005

Angesichts der erheblichen Transformationsanstrengungen, die die BaltischenRepubliken in den letzten Jahren zu bewältigen hatten, haben sich erheblicheVeränderungen auch auf dem Gebiet des Genossenschaftswesens ergeben.Wie in kaum einer anderen Region in Europa ist die Entwicklung der...

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ÖKONOMISCHE LABOREXPERIMENTE ALS INSTRUMENT DER AGRARPOLITIKANALYSEAM BEISPIEL EINER UNTERSUCHUNG GENOSSENSCHAFTLICHER UNTERNEHMENIM MENGENWETTBEWERB

Zieseniß, Roland; Ernst, Tanja - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2011

Ökonomische Experimente sind eine bislang selten verwendete Forschungsmethodeim Bereich der agrarpolitischen Analyse. Dieser Beitrag erörtert die Grundlagenvon Experimenten, vergleicht sie mit anderen Forschungsmethoden und zeigt ein möglichesAnwendungsgebiet für die Agrarpolitikanalyse auf...

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A Return of the Threshing Ring? Motivations,Benefits and Challenges of Machinery and LaborSharing Arrangements

Artz, Georgeanne M.; Colson, Gregory J.; Ginder, Roger - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009

Cooperative approaches provide an alternative for small- and medium-sized producers to obtainthe efficiencies of larger farming operations and remain competitive in an increasinglyconcentrated agricultural industry. This article examines the motivation and effectiveness ofequipment and labor...

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Meat Slaughter and Processing Plants’ TraceabilityLevels: Evidence From Iowa

Bulut, Harun; Lawrence, John D. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2008

paper identifies the factors impacting the meatplants’ voluntary adoption of forward and backward traceability activities …) matter rather than the size and meat type produced (beef, pork,or poultry) as suggested in the previous surveys. Furthermore …, food safety activitiesappear to be complementary to traceability activities. The findings may assist ongoingregulatory …

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The Value of Third-Party Certification ofPreconditioning Claims at Iowa Feeder Cattle Auctions

Bulut, Harun; Lawrence, John D. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006

After controlling a variety of feeder cattle characteristics and market and sale conditions, weestimate the price premiums for preconditioning (vaccinations and minimum 30 days weaning)claims with and without third-party certification (TPC) as $6.15/cwt and $3.40/cwt, respectively,in Iowa feeder...

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Steht das produktivgenossenschaftliche Modell in Estland, Lettland und Litauen vor einer (Wieder-)Belebung?

Kramer, Jost W. - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2005

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PRICE TRANSMISSION, MARKET POWER ANDRETURNS TO SCALE: A NOTE

Wang, Xiuqing; Tadesse, Habtu; Rayner, Anthony J. - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2006

In this paper, we aim to model the vertical relation between retailers and suppliersin the food industry whereby retailers exercise seller power in their relation with consumersand buyer power in their relation with producers. We then evaluate the degree of pricetransmission, relative to the...

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For whose benefit? Benefit-sharing within Contractual ABSAgreementsfrom an Economic Perspective– the Example of Pharmaceutical Bioprospection

Buchs, Ann Kathrin; Jasper, Jörg - Universität <Göttingen> / Department für … - 2007

The extinction of genetic resources as a consequence of land development, especially in ‘biodiversity hot spots’like rain forests in South America or South East Asia, is becoming a serious problem - not only for local communitiesbut also for international firms in the pharmaceutical...

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