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This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay … the non homogeneity of food products. This is realized by providing an estimate of the value of the good by means of a … hedonic food price model. A model is proposed that decomposes unit values into spatial price factors and a value component …
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This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. Household tastes evolve over time to favor foods consumed as a child. The opening of trade causes preferred goods to rise in price, as these were relatively inexpensive in autarky. Neglecting the...
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overall food supply in the rapidly growing economies of India and China grew rapidly, there are some remarkable differences in …The changes in the food supply over a period of almost 50 years in the three biggest economies in Asia were examined to … estimate the change in the virtual phosphorus requirements in each country over time with regard to food consumption. While the …
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