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We examine how socio-political conflict in Bolivia has affected its economic performance since the 1970s. Such conflict includes strikes, demonstrations, road blockades, and conventional rent-seeking. Since conflict has costs, it diverts resources away from production, tends to reduce investment...
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El presente documento presenta una revisión de la reforma institucional en Bolivia entre 1982, año de la recuperación de la democracia, 1985, año de la aplicación de la economía de mercado y el año 2000. Es una revisión crítica asumiendo que la democracia y la economía de mercado no...
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de enfriamiento de la economía departamental de Cochabamba respecto a otras economías departamentales, durante la última … economía del departamento de Cochabamba, respecto a las economías de los departamentos de La Paz y Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Sin … importante iniciar el presente análisis a partir de la constatación de que en el departamento de Cochabamba -y principalmente, en …
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In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that...
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Mittels eines überwiegend internetbasierten Discrete-Choice-Experimentes und einer nachfolgenden multinomialen Probitschätzung werden empirisch Determinanten identifiziert, die die Entscheidung für den potenziellen Anbau von gentechnisch verändertem (GV-) Raps durch 217 rapsanbauende...
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Increased population pressure and political decisions have led to more intensive agricultural practices in China. As in other regions of the world, these practices can damage natural capital. We use the Kalman filter and Chinese panel data to estimate an index of environmental productivity...
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Between 1829 and 1853, the Lower Danube region became one of the strategic grain supply points for the Mediterranean entrepôts and a source for supplementing Britain's food requirements. The Crimean War ended in 1856 with Russia's removal from the Mouths of the Danube. In this context, in...
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