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Analysis of the Factors of Farmers’ Participation in the Management of Cooperatives in Finland
XIANG, LIU YU; SUMELIUS, JOHN - In: Journal of Rural Cooperation 38 (2010) 2
influence their conduct and willingness to participate. These can also affect the enthusiasm and commitment of members. …
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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2012
In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...
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Attaining universal access: Public-private partnership and business-NGO partnership
Chowdhury, Shyamal K. - 2002
This paper evaluates two alternative mechanisms, Public-Private Partnership in Peru and Business-NGO Partnership in Bangladesh, that provide rural people with access to telecommunications. The two mechanisms that are examined here are considered as two best practices in the provision of rural...
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Glocalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development Perspectives: Empirical Results for West German Regions
Knodler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - 2001
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the...
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On the Endogeneity of an Exogenous OCA-Criterion: The Impact of Specialisation on the Synchronisation of Regional Business Cycles in Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Heine, Jens M. - 2001
This paper empirically assesses the impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in two core countries of EMU, namely France and Germany. Several specialisation indices are introduced and some first stylised facts about interregional business cycle correlations are...
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City Size Distribution and Growth
Kopp, Andreas - 2000
We discuss theoretical approaches to study the relationship between the size distribution of a nation's cities and macroeconomic growth. The discussion is based on the hypothesis of the New Growth Theory that inter-personal spillovers of education and skills determine the long-run growth of the...
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Dynamic Spatial Modelling of Regional Convergence Processes
Kosfeld, Reinhold; Lauridsen, Jorgen - 2004
Econometric analysis of convergence processes across countries or regions usually refers to a transition period between an arbitrary chosen starting year and a fictitious steady state. Panel unit root tests and panel cointegration techniques have proved to belong to powerful econometric tools if...
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Analysis of Vocational and Residential Preferences of Rural Population: Application of an Experimental Technique to Rural Slovenia
Zanni, Alberto M.; Davidova, Sophia; Bailey, Alastair - 2006
This study represents the first application of Choice Experiments to the analysis of the monetary and non-pecuniary determinants of vocational choice and spatial labor supply. It identifies the determinants of individual’s choice of jobs and place of residence, and provides a better...
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Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Katchova, Ani L. - 2010
The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of...
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Credit rationing of Polish farm households. A theoretical and empirical analysis.
Petrick, Martin - 2004
credit rationingby rural banks. These farms display a marginal willingness to pay for creditof on average 209 percent net of … principal. The willingness to pay is significantlydifferent from individual interest rates for credit that account for … recipientsdemonstrates that the willingness to pay is substantially higher forrationed than for non-rationed farm households.8. An ex …
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