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a costly segregation technology to separate conventional and biotech products in the supply chain. The calibrated model … region's welfare at some levels of segregation costs but hurts the United States. Introduction of the same ban in Brazil …
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This paper presents a theoretical economic model assessing the effect of the level of mandatory geneticallymodified (GM) / non-GM coexistence regulations on market and welfare outcome. We assumevertical differentiation of GM and non-GM goods on the consumer side. Producers are heterogeneousin...
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have been developed to hedge price risk on capitalmarkets; however, in more recent times new financial instruments, weather … derivatives, have beendeveloping that hedge the volumetric risk associated with unfavourable weather. Weatherderivatives have the … ability to effectively hedge weather related volume risk for the agricultural,mining, energy and manufacturing industries …
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This study examines the economic potential of producing a wheat (Triticum aesitivum) and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor … management strategies under various risk preferences and utility-weighted certainty equivalent risk premiums. Yields, input rates …, risk analysis indicates CRP would be the preferred strategy for some risk-averse managers. …
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and market segregation. We represent explicitly the costs of non-GMO segregation and identity preservation (IP) for both … segregation in the European Union (EU). We analyze how the costs of IP are distributed among heterogenous producers, handlers and …
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Low international wheat prices, caused by tariffs and subsidies in developed countries, have been blamed for causing … describe and quantify the effects of increased tariffs (by up to 25 percentage points) on the local wheat industry, other … government are also analysed. The results show that the benefits to the wheat industry are highly concentrated and smaller than …
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applied to the case of Roundup Ready® (RR) and fusarium resistant (FR) HRS wheat, although the general structure of the models …
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Consistency of functional characteristics in hard red spring (HRS) wheat is a concern confronting sellers and buyers …. This research analyzes contract incentives for importers with respect to cost and potential risk of acceptance. A principal … agent rejects or accepts the contract, and then decides how much effort to apply. All this is subject to risk for the agent …
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Roundup Ready® Wheat (RRW) was one of the first genetically modified (GM) traits for the wheat sector and was under … segregation, as well as the varying sources of cost savings and productivity gains. In this article, we develop a spatial partial … equilibrium model of the higher-protein hard wheat market and assess the changes in the distribution of welfare associated with …
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Consistency of functional characteristics in hard red spring (HRS) wheat is a concern confronting sellers and buyers …. This research analyzes contract incentives for importers with respect to cost and potential risk of acceptance. A principal … agent rejects or accepts the contract, and then decides how much effort to apply. All this is subject to risk for the agent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443987