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On the optimal design of income support and agri-environmental regulation

Bontems, Philippe - 2008

In this paper, we develop a model of regulation for a set of heterogenous farmers whose production yields to environmental externalities. The goal of the regulator is first to offer some income support depending on collective preferences towards income redistribution and second to internalize...

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Optimal agricultural policy and PSE measurement: an assessment and application to Norway

Blandford, David; Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Gaasland, Ivar; … - 2008

The producer support estimate (the successor to the producer support equivalent) calculated by the OECD is widely used as an indicator of distortions created by agricultural policies. In this paper we demonstrate that changes in the relative (percentage) PSE are not an accurate indicator of the...

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Pourquoi et comment l’instabilité est-elle une caractéristique structurelle des marchés agricoles?

Boussard, Jean-Marc - 2007

Agricultural price volatility is "bad". But where does it come from? Remedies are completely different for "endogenous" or "exogenous" fluctuations. The recent crisis seems to indicate that exogenous remedies have been applied to endogenous fluctuations.

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Should we combine incentive payments and tendering for efficiently purchasing conservation services from landholders?

Schilizzi, Steven; Breustedt, Gunnar; Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe - 2010

Policy makers aiming to get private landholders to provide non-marketed environmental services need to provide efficient economic incentives. Two ideas have been explored to achieve this: linking contract payments to environmental outcomes and putting the contracts up for tender. This paper...

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AUCTIONING OUTCOME-BASED CONSERVATION CONTRACTS

Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe; Schilizzi, Steven; Breustedt, Gunnar - 2011

This paper explores two ideas to enhance the performance of agri-environmental contracting schemes: linking contract payments to environmental outcomes and putting the contracts up for tender. This paper investigates whether there are any gains to be had by combining the benefits of both...

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ERTRAGS- UND PREISINSTABILITÄT AUF AGRARMÄRKTEN IN DEUTSCHLAND UND DER EU

Artavia, Marco; Deppermann, Andre; Filler, Gunther; … - 2010

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The mediating effects of perceived quality and risk on purchase intentions between prototypical and me-too brands

Quintal, Vanessa; Sims, Daniel - 2009

users comprised young adults, a survey was administered to a general student population at three universities in Australia …

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Growth and productivity in Australia

Agbenyegah, Benjamin K.; Bloch, Harry - 2008

Australia for the period 1950-2005. Cointegration and a vector error-correction model are used along with Granger causality … the cointegration analysis of production in Australia and should be included in the long-run production relationship along … capital and ICT are important drivers of output growth in Australia, so their omission from standard productivity measures …

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Electric power industry restructuring in Australia: Lessons from down-under. Occasional paper No. 20

Ray, D. - 2009

Australia`s electric power industry (EPI) is undergoing major restructuring. This restructuring includes … of the overall economic reform package that is being implemented in Australia. Enhancing efficiency in the economy …, Australia`s previous prime minister, Paul Keating, observed that {open_quotes}the engine which drives efficiency is free and …

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Effect of market structure on international coal trade

Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009

examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …

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