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Mujawamariya, Gaudiose; D'Haese, Marijke F.C. - 2011

Interlocked relationships are characterised by traders’ supply of inputs and cash to producers oncredit, to be reimbursed at sale time based on pre-defined prices which are often lower than theprevailing market price. The study analyses determinants of choice for interlocking in the gum...

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Commercialization of Smallholders: Is Market Participation Enough?

Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Jaleta, Moti - 2010

The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinctionbetween market orientation (production decision based on market signals) and marketparticipation (sale of output). However, policy implications to enhance commercialtransformation of subsistence agriculture drawn...

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Farm Productivity and Household Market Participation: Evidence from LSMS Data

Rios, Ana R.; Shively, Gerald E.; Masters, William A. - 2009

We analyze the correlation between farm productivity and market participation using comparable household data from Tanzania, Vietnam and Guatemala. Each farm’s input use and output levels provide a within-sample measure of relative productivity, which we relate to that household’s level of...

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Factors enhancing market participation by small-scale cotton farmers

Randela, Rendani; Alemu, Zerihun Gudeta; Groenewald, Jan A. - 2008

This paper uses data collected from 177 small-scale farming households in Mpumalanga in an effort to identify factors that significantly influence the degree of commercialisation or market participation. A logistic regression model was applied within the transaction costs framework. Results...

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An Ordered Probit Model Analysis of Transaction costs and Market Participation by Sweet Potato Farmers in South Eastern Nigeria.

Ohajianya, D.O.; Ugochuckwu, A. - 2011

This study determined the factors (related to fixed and variable transaction costs) influencing the decision to participate in sweet potato markets by a random sample of 320 small holder farmers in south eastern Nigeria. Data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire, and...

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Decomposing the bid-ask spread of a common stock: a cross-market approach

Yip, Henry Y. K.; Michayluk, David; Prather, Laurie; … - 2002

that informed trading takes place in the options market and informed traders prefer to transact in high leverage options … component remains steady throughout the day until the last hour of trading when it rises to the highest level. Furthermore, the …

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The Regulation of Stock Trading and its Enforcement in China

Shen, Tingting - 2004

enlargement of the market, the Chinese stock trading regulation system has experienced a process of continuous improvement. A … national centralized stock trading regulatory system has been set up, and many securities laws and regulations have been … is to introduce the history of the development of Chinese stock trading regulations and their enforcement measures. This …

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Technical Trading Techniques with Statistical Profitability Back-Testing Analysis

Todd, Timothy M - 2008

Technical analysis is a category of securities trading that utilizes mathematical formulas in order to signal buying …. Computer back testing will be used via TD Ameritrade’s StrategyDesk trading platform software. The back testing will utilize a … base value of $100,000 per trade, neglecting trading transaction fees and short-term capital gains taxes. The results …

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Corporate Governance and Corporate Control: Evidence from Trading

Haddaji, Wady - 2009

abnormal returns declines as analysts' following increases. In Chapter 2, I study the role of trading as a governance … mechanism. I hypothesize that governance through trading plays a significant monitoring role in practice and that engaging in … majority institutional ownership, I demonstrate that abnormal trading is higher for firms with multiple blockholders than for …

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Stimulating environment of purchase formation in trading networks

Žutautienė, Ramunė - 2005

This master’s thesis presents an analysis of marketing and its complex elements supporting role in trading companies …. Analyzed are the reasons that caused an increase in expenses assigned for sales promotion by small-scale trading companies. The … following component parts of a sales stimulating environment are distinguished in trading networks: layout of trading premises …

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