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A Modern Tragedy of the Non-Commons: Agro-Industrial Change and Equity in Brazil's Babassu Palm Zone
May, Peter H. - 1986
"Agrarian change and industrial innovation jointly affect the economic role of successional babassu palm forests that cover a large part of Maranhao, a state in Northeast Brazil. Over three hundred thousand landless peasant households derive nearly one-third of their cash incomes from the palm's...
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Economic uncertainty and divisive politics: evidence from the "dos Españas"
García-Uribe, Sandra; Mueller, Hannes; Sanz, Carlos
Este artículo utiliza las hemerotecas de dos periódicos para estimar el índice de incertidumbre sobre las políticas económicas —Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU)—en España en 1905-1945, un período de gran polarización política. Encontramos que el estallido de la Guerra Civil en 1936...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012525467
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MARKETING CHANNELS COMPETE FOR U.S. STOCKER CATTLE
Schmitz, Troy G.; Moss, Charles B.; Schmitz, Andrew - 2003
This study investigates the underlying reasons for a producer's choice of marketing channels for stocker cattle in the United States. In addition to traditional public auctions, private sales, video auctions, and Internet auctions have been recently used in the marketing of stocker cattle....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444417
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A NOVA ECONOMIA INSTITUCIONAL – N EI E OS SISTEMAS AGROFLORESTAIS – SAF’S: UM ESTUDO COM DUAS ORGANIZAÇÕES AGROFLORESTAIS NA REGIÃO AMAZÔNICA
Carvalho, Otacilio Moreira De; Neto, Jose Moreira Da Silva - 2008
Este artigo tem como objetivo abordar os SAF’s no contexto da NEI, identificando e descrevendo variáveis com maior motricidade e dependência, que restringem o desempenho dessas atividades no Estado de Rondônia. SAF’s são formas de uso da terra onde componentes florestais são associados...
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Complementarities of Transaction Costs Economics and Convention Economic Theory: a case study of honey agri-industrial system in Campo Grande - MS
Sproesser, Renato Luiz; Rosina, Leonice; Vilpoux, … - 2010
theproduction system different actors’ relationships comprehension. However, Transaction Costs Theory application in agri … the conclusion that,for this Agri-industrial System, convention theory is a useful approach to explanation of the …. Furthermore, the study showed that ConventionEconomic Theory complements the Transaction Costs Economics Theory, because it adds a …
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Análise de contratos da suinocultura sob a óptica da Nova Economia Institucional
Pereira, Sandra Mara; Freire, Weimar da Rocha Junior; … - 2008
Este artigo tem a intenção de analisar contratos da suinocultura sob a óptica da NovaEconomia Institucional. O referencial teórico adotado foi a NEI, que fornece os conceitos dosatributos das transações que foram observados nos contratos. Como metodologia, foramanalisados contratos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479514
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Institutioneller Wandel in Rumänien 1866 - 2005 : eine institutionenökonomische Analyse zur Rolle der Pfadabhängigkeit für die Transformation und die Integration des Landes in die...
Comşa, Maria-Laura - 2006
Rumänien ist seit 2007 Mitglied der Europäischen Union. 2004 hat die EU-Kommission die rumänische Volkswirtschaft als funktionierende Marktwirtschaft eingestuft. Trotzdem existieren hohe wirtschaftliche Unterschiede zwischen Rumänien und den restlichen EU-Staaten. Das Land ist relativ groß...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459129
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Determinants of coordination and supply chain performance : The case of fresh milk supply chains in Kenya
Eliud Abucheli Birachi - 2006
The study uses Transaction Costs Economics Theory and Supply Chain Management frameworks to investigate determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429032
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Distributing the Benefits from the Commons
Silvestre, Joaquim - 1993
"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468330
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468335