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How do GM / non GM coexistence regulations affect markets and welfare?
Desquilbet, Marion; Poret, Sylvaine - 2011
endogenous cropchoices and prices, we study the effects of ex ante regulation and ex post liability of GMO producers onmarket …
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Possible Solutions to the Rhode Island State Government’s Unfunded Pension Liability
Blunt, Derek - 2010
This paper examines the possible causes of the nationwide unfunded public pension liability problem in the U.S., and … evaluate the effects of different recommendations on their ability to decrease the unfunded liability’s outstanding sum. This … fiscal effects the solutions will have on the outstanding liability. Finally I conclude with a set of solid analytical and …
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Asymmetrische Information, Beteiligungsfinanzierung und drohende Überschuldung
Braun, Thomas - 2005
Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Zusammenwirken von zwei externen Effekten, die jeweils für sich eine effiziente Kapitalallokation behindern können.Zum Einen geht es darum, dass unter Umständen an sich Erfolg versprechende Investitionsgelegenheiten nur deswegen nicht realisiert...
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DIAGNÓSTICO SÓCIO-ECONÔMICO E IMPLANTAÇÃO DE ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL (APL) DA BANANA ORGÂNICA NO RIO DE JANEIRO
Pereira, Paulo Rodrigues Fernandes; Lima, Luiz Carlos … - 2008
O agronegócio do Leite desempenha um papel importante dentro do setor agropecuário; todavia, tem sofrido os efeitos das diversas políticas macroeconômicas e setoriais. De forma semelhante, o agronegócio do leite tem relevância para o estado de Rondônia. A característica da produção no...
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An Evaluation of American Companies that Outsource Manufacturing to China: Decision-Making and Performance
Favreau, Michael Kenyon 1980- - 2007
when it is not necessarily the best decision. The question then arises and becomes the purpose of this study: How does a … company decide if offshore outsourcing is the right decision and, if so, how do they do it properly?The purpose of this …
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A decision-support tool for recommending promising categories for targeted promotions
Breugelmans, Els; Boztug, Yasemin; Reutterer, Thomas K - 2009
When making marketing mix decisions, marketing managers of companies that offer a broad range of product categories … their degree of intelligence. During the conference, we will present the underlying mechanism of our decision-support tool …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457363
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Privacy Patterns for Online Interactions
Cranor, Lorrie Faith; Romanowsky, Sasha; Hong, Jason; … - 2006
A proper security architecture is an essential part of implementing robust and reliable networked applications. Security patterns have shown how reoccurring problems can be best solved with proven solutions. However, while they are critical for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and...
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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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Quality Certification by Geographical Indications, Trademarks and Firm Reputation
Menapace, Luisa; Moschini, GianCarlo - 2010
We study firm reputation as a mechanism to assure product quality in perfectly competitive marketsin a context in which both certification and trademarks are available. Shapiro’s (1983) model ofreputation is extended to reflect both collective and firm-specific reputations, and this framework...
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Green payment programs, asymmetric information and the role of fixed costs
Arguedas, C.; Meijerink, Gerdien W.; van Soest, Daan P. - 2008
Many conservation programs offer financialcompensation to farmers in exchange for socially desiredservices, such as soil conservation or biodiversity protection.Realization of the conservation objective at minimum costrequires payments to just cover the extra costs incurred byeach individual...
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