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. However, there are also significant health implications of such anti-competitive practices that seldom receive attention. This … paper hopes to draw attention to the potential public health issues that arise as a result of lack of competition in the … concentration on various health outcomes. Results: High retailer concentration may adversely affect affordability, accessibility …
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) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …
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Vor dem Hintergrund der bisherigen theoretischen und empirischen Studien untersucht diese Arbeit vornehmlich die kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern.Die wachsenden Zuflüsse ausländischer...
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Vital statistics generated through civil registration systems are the major source of continuous monitoring of births and deaths over time. The usefulness of vital statistics depends on their quality. In the second paper in this Series we propose a comprehensive and practical framework for...
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Motivation of virtually all regional economic integration (REI) initiatives has been prospect of enhanced economic growth. Although REI's role in contributing to growth and development was recognised and acknowledged, its importance in Africa has never been properly outlined. Theoretical...
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Canadian exports of wheat and barley to the United States have increased significantly since the late 1980s. The objectives of this study are to determine the factors that affect trade flows of hard red spring wheat, durum wheat, malting barley, and feed barley from Canada to the United States...
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Substantial changes have taken place recently in the regulation of agricultural trade in North America. The effect of … North America. Montana and the Canadian provinces grow primarily high-quality two row barley, while North Dakota and … mergers after CUSTA, five firms owned 90 percent of the malting capacity in North America. Economies of scale and elimination …
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The recently signed Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) grants the U.S. livestock industry with preferential access to South Korea's import market. This study evaluates the likely impacts of the KORUS FTA on the U.S. livestock sector.Using the Food and Agricultural Policy Research...
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