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HOW DID POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN WHEAT EXPORT MARKETS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE DURING THE FOOD CRISIS 2007/2008 INFLUENCE WORLD MARKET PRICE TRANSMISSION?
Goetz, Linde; Glauben, Thomas; Bruemmer, Bernhard - 2010
This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat worldmarket price transmission … during the 2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimedto reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high … was particularlypronounced in Russia and Ukraine. Also, the export restrictions dampened price transmissionto the farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442718
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Impacts of Export Controls On Wheat Markets During the Food Crisis 2007/2008 in Russia and Ukraine
Goetz, Linde; Glauben, Thomas; Brummer, Bernhard - 2010
This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat world market price transmission … during the 2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimed to reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high … was particularly pronounced in Russia and Ukraine. Also, the export restrictions dampened price transmission to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446143
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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth under Alternative Economic Systems and Policies: Evidence from the Soviet Transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2002
Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual manufacturing census data from 1985 to 2000, we find that Soviet … reforming Russia than in “gradualist” Ukraine, as did the estimated effects of privatization and competitive pressures from … Russia displayed job flow behavior quite different from market economies, with very low rates of job reallocation that bore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476797
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Returns to Schooling in Russia and Ukraine: A Semiparametric Approach to Cross-Country Comparative Analysis
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2004
n Russia and Ukraine (1985-2002). There has been an increase in returns to schooling in both countries but the increase … is much bigger in Russia than in Ukraine. The intriguing question is why returns to schooling in Russia and Ukraine … distributions for university and secondary school graduates for Ukraine using the distributions of Russian characteristics, returns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477073
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Forced migration and resettlement as a strategy for development: An analysis of implications based on a study of the New Halfa Scheme in eastern Sudan
Plater, Terry Denise - 1994
Involuntary migration and resettlement is examined as a development strategy and analyzed in an intensive study of the New Halfa Scheme in eastern Sudan. New Halfa was created between 1962 and 1969 to foster economic development through large-scale irrigated agriculture and to compensate,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438455
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Understanding IT adoption and consumption within the social structure of a consumer's economy
Ting, Sherman; Dawson, Linda; Dubelaar, Chris - 2009
Research into adoption, acceptance and consumption of Information Technology (IT) within its diffusion cycle has been extensively studied in Information Systems (IS) and marketing. However, research often focused too narrowly on technology adoption rates and drivers leading to technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441728
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Capitalist regulation and unequal integration: The case of Puerto Rico
Benson, Jaime Eduardo - 1993
This dissertation postulates that as effect of the model of development adopted by Puerto Rican authorities since the late forties, Puerto Rico became a "Regional Armature" of U.S. intensive accumulation and monopolist regulation over the 1950-1980 period. The asymmetrical insertion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467853
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The Influence of Environmental Values, Economic Values and Social Structure on Consumers’ Choice of Green Hotels: The Case of Luxury Hotels
Choe, Yunseon; Lehto, Xinran; Day, Jonathon - 2011
While many hotel companies have participated in various green initiatives and adopted green policy, when it came to the real purchasing decision, their willingness was not matched by action. There could be many reasons for such inconsistency. Lack of consumer demand, increasing environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467937
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Enterprise hybrids and alternative growth dynamics
Levin, Kenneth M - 2004
This dissertation argues that the impetus, growth, and financial success of many North American high-tech companies--biotechnology, computer software development and design, as well as Internet startups--are partly due to their collective way of organizing the production and distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468191