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The Choice of Land Tenure Contracts in the Presence of Transaction Costs in Rice Farming in West Java, Indonesia.
Jamal, Erizal; Mardiharini, Maesti - 2009
This study assessed the preference for and efficiency of land tenure contract arrangements in rice farming in West Java, Indonesia. Specifically, it examined the transaction costs associated with land tenure contracts, the land tenure contract preference, the efficiency of land tenure contracts,...
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LAND LEASE MARKETS AND AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA
Pender, John L.; Fafchamps, Marcel - 2001
This paper develops a theoretical model of land leasing that includes transaction costs of enforcing labor effort, risk pooling motives and non-tradable productive inputs. We test the implications of this model compared to those of the - Marshallian - (unenforceable labor effort) and "New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446836
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"Blue Mountains constantly walking': the re-signification of nature and the reconfiguration of the commons in rural Papua New Guinea.
Wagner, John - 1999
Conclusion: In conclusion it should be noted that the land and marine areas comprising Lababia’s Wildlife Management Area are a rich, largely undisturbed ecosystem. Despite the fact that commercial fishing has reached a point of unsustainability, the marine environment as a whole still...
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
offshore outsourcing.The objectives of this research are:1. To analyze the differences between the theory and the practice …
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Produktionsketten, Absatzsysteme und grenzüberschreitende Verflechtungen von Sonderkulturbetrieben des niederrheinischen Tieflandes
Cöhnen, Hans - 2004
Ausgangspunkt der Untersuchung sind die beobachtbaren Diversifikationen agrarwirtschaftlichen Handelns in Deutschland. Einkommensrückgänge und Betriebsschließungen in einigen Bereichen der Landwirtschaft stehen andere Bereiche mit großer Entwicklungsdynamik in bestimmten Räumen gegenüber....
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Performance-Studie deutscher Familienunternehmen
Leiber, Marietta Kersten - 2008
Familienunternehmen durch den Einsatz vielf?ltiger Familienvariablen hinsichtlich der Aspekte Eigentum, Kontrolle und Management … differenziert. Als theoretische Grundlage dient die Prinzipal-Agenten-Theorie; verschiedene Agency-Konflikte insbesondere zwischen …. Theoretical considerations are based on principal-agent theory. The diverse potential agency conflicts in family vs. non …
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14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2005
Autor, David H.; Piore, Michael J. - 2005
of the relevance of the theory and analysis to developing economies. …
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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...
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