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Export taxes can provide additional welfare to large exporters, an argument for interventions in manyprimary commodity exporting countries. We investigate the benefits of export taxation for Côted'Ivoire, the dominant exporter of cocoa. Where many applications treat the formula for...

The discovery of sugarcane smut in one Queensland cane region, in June2006, triggered a clear-cut biosecurity response aimed at containment anderadication. Farm financial analyses helped to set the incentives offered tocanegrowers to gain their cooperation in the eradication effort financed...

This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...

Against the background of increasing concerns regarding the energy supply security as well asenvironmental concern the interest for renewable energy sources has increased in recent years. Thebiofuel sector, backed by public policies, experienced a strong increase in and outside Europe....