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This paper empirically measures the prevalence of heterogeneous technologies in a sample of small-scale agricultural producers as an answer to structural conditions and market risks. Such risks are closely linked to the effects of land fragmentation and the degree of market integration. We use...
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Reliable marketing opportunities in both interregional and international trade along with relatively low transportation [and transaction] costs are essential to profitability of wheat production. In this study we have investigated one aspect of the quality of marketing and trade opportunities in...
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Marktintegration, d. h. die Einbeziehung in den Steuerungs- und Ver-gütungsmechanismus des Strommarktes, sowie ihrer Systemintegration … in seiner aktuellen Ausgestaltung zur Marktintegration und/oder zur Systemintegration beiträgt, und ob es grundsätzlich … lassen, und welche Zusatzkosten der Integrationsadministrierung dabei entstehen (Effizienz). Während die Marktintegration i …
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The Euro Area Policies’ 2007 Article IV Consultation reports that the economy is poised for a sustained upswing because of cyclical considerations and policies, which have had a forward-looking cast. The area’s external position and the real effective exchange rate of the euro are...
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This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
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The announcement of the European Union enlargement coincided with a dramatic rise in stock prices in accession countries. This paper investigates the hypothesis that the rise in stock prices was a result of the repricing of systematic risk due to the integration of accession countries into the...
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differentials. The initial expansion of industrialization, in a context of growing economic integration of regions, promoted the …
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productivity across regions. In the Spanish case, the initial expansion of industrialization during the period 1860-1900, in a …
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This paper aims at analyzing the role of several monetary variables in the development of different regions based on particular understandings of what a region is and the money functions in capitalist economies. The concepts of central place and economic poles are used to characterize the...
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