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Breyer, Friedrich; Buchholz, Wolfgang - 2009

In Deutschland werden mehr als 30 Prozent des Sozialprodukts für Soziales ausgegeben, und der Staat greift mit seinen Sozialgesetzen massiv in die Handlungsfreiheit seiner Bürger ein. In diesem Buch werden normative Begründungen sowohl für staatliche Umverteilungsmaßnahmen als auch für die...

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Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First- and Second-Generation Genetically Modified Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects

Moschini, GianCarlo; Lapan, Harvey E. - 2005

We review some of the most significant issues and results on the economic effects of genetically modified (GM) product innovation, with emphasis on the question of GM labeling and the need for costly segregation and identity preservation activities. The analysis is organized around an explicit...

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GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP INNOVATIONS AND PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION: TRADE AND WELFARE EFFECTS IN THE SOYBEAN COMPLEX

Sobolevsky, Andrei; Moschini, GianCarlo; Lapan, Harvey E. - 2002

We develop a new partial equilibrium, four-region world trade model for the soybean complex comprising soybeans … Rest of the World all gain from the introduction of RR soybeans, although some groups of agents (producers or consumers …) may lose. Compared to free trade with no domestic bans, a ban on RR production in the Rest of the World improves that …

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How Do Economists Really Think About the Environment?

Fullerton, Don; Stavins, Robert N. - 1998

On a topic like the environment, communication among scholars from different disciplines in the natural and social sciences is both important and difficult, but such communication has been far from perfect. Economists themselves may have contributed to some rather fundamental misunderstandings...

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The future of the European Common Agricultural Policy : a new philosopy ?

Boussard, Jean-Marc - 2007

While the recent commodity price crisis brings questions regarding the general developement path of the CAP since 1992, this paper envisages returning to Rooseveltian recipes, after modernization.

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The stock market and South Africa's economic development

Frank, Ashley Gavin - 2004

market development through a conglomerate index that accounts for market size, liquidity and integration with world capital …

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Prioritizing Sustainability Projects with Low Market Value in Institutions of Higher Education: a green roof case study

Storm, Lenna A. - 2010

This thesis adds to the body of knowledge available to decision makers in highereducation by presenting a framework for why valuable sustainability projects are oftennot pursued on university campuses, and offers one approach to overcoming theperceived financial obstacles for making investments...

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Making Economic Sense Out of Unisex Life Insurance (Or the Difference Between Cost and Value and Why It Matters to Real People)

Booth, Richard A., Marbury Research Professor of Law - 2002

In this piece, I take issue with one of the fundamental tenets of law and economics as it has been used to justify gender discrimination in the pricing of life insurance and annuities, namely, that individuals should bear their own identifiable costs so as to avoid misallocation of society's...

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Monetary policy and the asset risk-taking channel

Abbate, Angela; Thaler, Dominik - 2018

¿Cuánto importa el canal de toma de riesgos (risk-taking channel) para la política monetaria? Para responder a esta pregunta, desarrollamos y estimamos un modelo cuantitativo macroeconómico DSGE, en el que los bancos eligen inversiones excesivamente arriesgadas, debido a un problema de...

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Asset encumbrance and bank risk: theory and first evidence from public disclosures in Europe

Banal-Estañol, Albert; Benito, Enrique; Khametshin, Dmitry

En este trabajo mostramos que la sobrecolateralización de los pasivos garantizados bancarios se asocia de forma positiva con la prima de riesgo de su financiación no garantizada. Incorporamos esta idea en un modelo teórico en el que los costes derivados del gravamen de activos (asset...

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