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Wie wählt Europa? Das polymorphe Wahlsystem zum Europäischen Parlament
Nohlen, Dieter - 2004
Mit der Neuwahl des Europäischen Parlaments (EP) nach der bislang größten Erweiterung der Europäischen Union (EU) steht das Verfahren, wie diese nun 732 Mitglieder umfassende Versammlung gewählt wird, erneut zur Debatte. Denn nach wie vor ist das Wahlrecht zum EP im Wesentlichen national...
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Testing a Coordination Process for Shared Goods: The Possibility of Successful Collective Action
Loehman, Edna T.; Rassenti, Stephen J. - 1997
"This paper reports the design and testing of a coordination process for finding a group agreement simultaneously about cost sharing and the nature of a shared good. The process was designed to search for a cost sharing equilibrium, a particular type of Pareto optimum. The cost share equilibrium...
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Under What Conditions are Decentralized Solutions to Collective Action Problems Likely?
Maier-Rigaud, Frank - 2000
"The paper outlines conditions under which decentralized approaches are likely to succeed in solving collective action problems. Criteria that render successful decentralized collective action more likely have mainly been developed in the Common Pool Resource (CPR) and International Relations...
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Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong; Ostrom, Elinor; Walker, James M. - 2002
Subsequently published as:"Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action." Public Choice, 117, 2003, 295-315."Understanding cooperation in the context of social dilemma games is fundamental to understanding how alternative institutional arrangements may...
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It Works in Practice. Does It Work in Theory?
Moir, Robert - 1998
theory. Further research is necessary to understand how individuals operate in this environment." …
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The Missing Link: Collective-Choice Policymaking in Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Public Child Care Centers
Bushouse, Brenda K. - 1999
to explain nonprofit production of certain types of goods. Hansmann (1980, 1986) developed Contract Failure Theory to …. Weisbrod (1977, 1988) developed the theory of Market/Government Failure to explain nonprofit production of collective goods … primary justification for the nonprofit institutional form. In Contract Failure Theory it signals quality to consumers because …
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The effect of electoral systems on voter turnout : evidence from a natural experiment
Sanz, Carlos
En este artículo se explota el marco institucional de las elecciones municipales españolas, en las que se utilizan distintos sistemas electorales dependiendo del número de habitantes del municipio, según lo establecido por la Ley. Mediante una regresión discontinua, se compara la...
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Seasoning a Monopsonic Processor for Collective Action amongst Pepper Producers in Costa Rica
Saenz-Segura, Fernando J.F.; Schipper, Robert A.; … - 2006
The small-scale pepper producers in the El Roble settlement Costa Rica face a monopsonistic market. Only one processing firm is buying the fresh pepper bunches. The processor has all bargaining power to decide on the price paid to the farmers and the quality selection criteria. The rejection...
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One Player Games versus Two Player Games: Comparing Agribusiness Cooperatives with Investor-Owned Business Models
Parker, Frederick - 2011
generate dead weight loss whenmaximizing producer surpluses as expected under prevailing microeconomic theory. Theuse of …
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THE AGE OF CONTRACT AGRICULTURE: CONSEQUENCES OF CONCENTRATION IN INPUT SUPPLY
Harl, Neil E. - 2000
Dramatic increases in concentration in the seed business, coupled with aggressive efforts to vertically integrate the agricultural sector and to institute contract-based production of commodities, have raised questions about the economic position of producers. Disparate positions of market power...
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