Similar Search Results

Selected Developmental Aspects of Trade and Trade Policies : Final Report

Bineau, Yannick; Montalbano, Pierluigi - 2013

This report presents the results of a review of the economic literature on selected developmental aspects of international trade trends and trade policies in less developed countries between 2000 and 2011. The views expressed are those which were considered by the authors of this report as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799533

The future of the European Common Agricultural Policy : a new philosopy ?

Boussard, Jean-Marc - 2007

While the recent commodity price crisis brings questions regarding the general developement path of the CAP since 1992, this paper envisages returning to Rooseveltian recipes, after modernization.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445747

Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination

2009

Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436759

Risk Preferences and Demand for Insurance in Peru: A Field Experiment

Galarza, Francisco B.; Carter, Michael R. - 2010

This paper reports the results of behavioral economic experiments conducted in Peru toexamine the relationship amongst …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446167

ACEITAÇÃO E SEGMENTAÇÃO DO MERCADO DE PRODUTOS DERIVADOS DA CARNE DE PERU

Pulici, Rodrigo; Alves, Flavio Rocha; Gameiro, Augusto … - 2008

- de certa forma - este desempenho. Como o frango de corte, grande parte da produção de carne de peru é exportada. Todavia … de peru, que se apresenta bastante baixo, apesar do crescimento nos últimos cinco anos. A presente pesquisa analisou a … estratégia de segmentação do mercado dos produtos à base de carne de peru, o comportamento de compra baseado nos preços desses …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446738

Accounting for changed accounting: a translation view comparing accrual accounting implementations in France and Australia

Christensen, Mark; Rocher, Sebastien - 2010

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into how public sector accounting change is achieved.Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a comparative historical approach in which early and late adopters of public sector accrual accounting are described and contrasted....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475303

Ownership Versus Environment: Why are Public Sector Firms Inefficient?

Bartel, Ann P.; Harrison, Ann E. - 1999

In this paper, we disentangle the sources of public sector inefficiency using 1981-1995 panel data on manufacturing firms in Indonesia. We consider two leading hypotheses: (1) public sector enterprises are inefficient due to agency-type problems or (2) public sector enterprises are inefficient...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477029

Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro-Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabrianova, Klara - 2007

This study provides the first systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of unobserved...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477117

Monitoring Competitive Bidding in the Public Sector

Fearon, Gervan - 1998

This paper investigates the impact of program budget size on monitoring and competitive bidding in the public sector. A sequential game is developed involving a ministry and bureau strategically interacting in the provision of a public sector good. The ministry copes with imperfect information...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447239

Beware the reformers: A Machiavellian view of the accounting profession and public sector reform in Australia

Chau, C.; Cooper, K. A.; Irvine, H. J. - 2007

During the last two decades of New Public Management (NPM), reformist governments have transformed the principle underlying Australia’s government accountability from compliance to performance evaluation. This change has been instituted in three phases, against a backdrop of uncertainty,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457360