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The challenge of the international organic certification: a new opportunity for agricultural trading?

Canavari, Maurizio; Cantore, Nicola - 2007

particular, we assume that the level of organic certification standards harmonisation between Italy and extra-European countries … that the absence of specific import harmonisation rules between Italy and other extra-European countries decreases the … level of bilateral trade for all the agricultural produce. A plausible explanation could be that harmonisation of organic …

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Central bank independence and policy coordination in a globalised world

Hernández de Cos, Pablo

Evento: International Symposium on Central Bank Independence. Organizado por: Sveriges Riksbank ; There needs to be an appropriate balance between globally-agreed decisions and national measures. This is the approach that has always been pursued by the Basel Committee. It comprises: (i) a common...

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THE IMPACT OF INTRODUCING EURO ON THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS

HLACIUC, ANA-MARIA - 2017

Adopting the single currency is a fundamental moment in the process of completing the single market. The substitution of national currencies with the euro has allowed removing uncertainty due to fluctuations of exchange rates, the last obstacle to a full freedom of exchange. Maintaining price...

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A Retail Benchmarking Approach to Efficient Two-way Access Pricing:Two-Part Tariffs

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Hurkens, Sjaak - Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Institute for Economic Analysis - 2007

We study a retail benchmarking approach to determine access prices forinterconnected networks. Instead of considering fixed access charges asin the existing literature, we study access pricing rules that determinethe access price that network i pays to network j as a linear functionof the...

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Absorptive capacity, R&D spillovers and public policy

Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J. Peter - 2007

Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm's “absorptive capacity” (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to profitability. We explore the theoretical implications of this. We specify a general model of the absorptive capacity...

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Competition Intensity, Potential Competition and Transaction Cost Economics

Busse, Matthias - 2002

As the process of globalisation of the world economy progresses, the degree of international competition among enterprises increases as well. Yet not all industries or branches are affected to the same extent by this development. One of the most important factors which determine the degree of...

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Transaktionskosten und Wettbewerbspolitik

Busse, Matthias - 2001

The globalisation of the world economy increases international competition among companies. However, not all industries will be affected by the same extent. The degree of globalisation of an industry will be particularly influenced by the level of transaction costs. Low transaction costs will...

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Access Issues for Plant Breeders in an Increasingly Privatized World

Lindner, Robert K. - 2003

There is a growing trend to widespread privatisation of crop breeding, and there are groundsfor expecting this trend to continue and even to accelerate. Possible consequences forAustralian grain growers and the national interest of much greater private sector involvementin plant breeding are...

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Cooperation between Competitors - Subcontracting and the influence of information, production and capacity on market structure and competition

Schenk, Christoph - 1999

In dieser Arbeit wird eine wettbewerbspolitische Beurteilung der Zusammenarbeit von Wettbewerbern in Form von Querlieferungen vorgenommen und der Einfluß von Information, Produktion und Kapazität auf Marktstruktur und Wettbewerb analysiert. In drei spieltheoretischen Modellen werden die...

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State aid and competition policy

Glowicka, Elzbieta - 2008

Die Regierungen in der Europäischen Union retten Unternehmen in Schwierigkeiten durch staatliche Rettungs- und Umstrukturierungsbeihilfen. Diese Dissertation besteht aus drei Kapiteln, die solche Beihilfen analysieren. Im ersten Kapitel nutze ich Daten von 86 Fällen aus den Jahren 1995-2003 um...

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