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Ökonomie des Sozialstaats
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443070
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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, soybean oil, and soybean meal. In the model, some consumers view genetically modified Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and products as weakly inferior to conventional ones; the RR seed is...
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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
stimulate economic growth, or so the theory goes. Bank lending unfortunately suffers adverse selection and moral hazard effects …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458917
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432041
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Balance of power, certainty and discretion in the franchise relationship: An analysis of contractual terms
Spencer, Elizabeth C. - 2008
franchise contract synergistically reinforce these conditions. This paper tests that theory by evaluating balance of power and … Australia is an express factor in determining unconscionability in contract formation and performance. Certainty is essential to … to in making the contract. Discretion, if it is too wide, may no longer represent the true intentions of the parties, but …
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THE AGE OF CONTRACT AGRICULTURE: CONSEQUENCES OF CONCENTRATION IN INPUT SUPPLY
Harl, Neil E. - 2000
agricultural sector and to institute contract-based production of commodities, have raised questions about the economic position of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444413