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Supply Response to Countercyclical Payments and Base Acre Updating under Uncertainty: An Experimental Study.
McIntosh, Christopher R.; Shogren, Jason F.; Dohlman, Erik - 2007
We design an experiment to simulate how people make agricultural production decisions under three policy scenarios, each incorporating direct payments (DPs): (a) price uncertainty without countercyclical payments (CCPs); (b) price uncertainty with CCPs; and (c) price uncertainty, CCPs, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429539
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Pourquoi et comment l’instabilité est-elle une caractéristique structurelle des marchés agricoles?
Boussard, Jean-Marc - 2007
Agricultural price volatility is "bad". But where does it come from? Remedies are completely different for "endogenous" or "exogenous" fluctuations. The recent crisis seems to indicate that exogenous remedies have been applied to endogenous fluctuations.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445748
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Economic globalisation and the 'Mandate of Heaven'
Dellios, Rosita - 2001
Economic globalisation provides a fitting context for China’s modernisation and pluralistic development. This, in turn … globalisation and China’s development can indeed be mutually productive. It can, by the same token, be mutually destructive if care …, allows China to become a cosmopolitan and civilising influence in economic globalisation. The interaction between economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441695
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Globalization, Market Transition, and Variety of Developmental Models: a Comparison of Four Automakers in the Chinese Car Industry
Feng, Qiushi - 2009
The Chinese automobile industry has been experiencing some profound changes during the market transition and globalization. Regarding to the ownership structure and technological upgrading strategies of the domestic assemblers, there have emerged four major developmental models. Transitional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475471
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Implicit discount rates and fisheries management : is there a relationship?
Coglan, Louisa; Pascoe, Sean - 2010
Fishers are faced with multiple risks, including unpredictability of future catch rates, prices and costs. While the latter are largely beyond the control of fisheries managers, effective fisheries management should reduce uncertainty about future catches. Different management instruments are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438124
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Determinants of producers’ choice of wine grape cultivars in the South African wine industry
Musango, Josephine Kaviti - 2005
The wine industry is one of the oldest commercial activities in South Africa. The South Africanwine grape industry annually produces more than a million tonnes of grapes, making the countrythe ninth largest producer in the world. The total area under wine grape production is divided intoeight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442132
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The MODERE Model and The Economic Analysis of Farmers’ Decisions
Gomez Gomez, Carlos Mario; Gutierrez, Carlos - 2008
The MODERE, the Ministry of the Environment Irrigation Decision Model, is a simulation tool whichuses mathematical programming methods to reveal the implicit multiattribute objective function lyingbehind the observed cropping decision. The model takes different criteria such as profit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443239
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Rethinking rural development: Making peasant organizations work. The case of Paraguay
Molinas Vega, Jose R - 1997
This dissertation studies the role of the collective action sector for rural development. A combination of formal … economic development by analyzing the agrarian political economy of Paraguay for the 1954-1996 period. It argues that (i …) peasants' organizations play a significant role in rural development and (ii) there is scope for positive synergy between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467780
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A theoretical and statistical exploration into the effects of morals, personality and uncertainty on hypothetical bias in contingent valuation
Ogrodowczyk, Joseph D - 2003
Contingent valuation (CV) is a surveying technique used to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) by individuals for non-market goods (goods for which no market of exchange exists). Many CV studies have shown the existence of hypothetical bias which occurs when individuals are asked a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467802
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Valuing environmental health risks: A comparison of stated preference techniques applied to groundwater contamination
McDonald, Tammy Barlow - 2001
This research examines groundwater protection programs as a case study of investments to address long-term environmental health risks. The value individuals place on reducing their risk of exposure to chemical contaminants is estimated using stated preference methodology, accounting for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467826