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The economic impact in the vegetables production sector (tomatoes) of the support scheme for the program to support tomatoes production in protected spaces for 2019
Berevoianu, Rozi Liliana; Marin, Ancuța; Rodino, Steliana - 2019
The paper presents the evaluation of the economic impact of the support scheme for the Program for the support of the product tomatoes in protected areas for 2019, on the vegetable production sector, with an emphasis on the results of the production, the market effects, the impact on the...
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Economic impact on the tomato production sector of de minimis aid scheme in 2020, of sanitary crisis and pedological drought
Marin, Ancuţa; Rodino, Steliana; Berevoianu, Rozi Liliana - 2020
The paper presents the assessment of the economic impact in the vegetable production sector through the support scheme for the Program to support tomatoes in protected areas for 2020, focusing on production results, market effects, impact on producers, trade balance. In this context, the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519740
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: A Natural Experiment from Power Plant Desulfurization
Lüchinger, Simon - 2010
The paper estimates the effect of SO2 pollution on infant mortality in Germany, 1985-2003. To avoid simultaneity … translate into an elasticity of 0.08-0.13. The observed reduction in pollution implies an annual gain of 895-1528 infant lives …. Estimates are robust to controls for economic activity, climate, reunification effects, rural/urban trends and TSP pollution and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270099
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Centralized versus individual: Governance of farmer professional cooperatives in China
Jia, Xiangping; Hu, Yamei; Hendrikse, George; Huanga, Jikun - 2010
Professional Cooperatives (FPCs) in China is decentralized to individual farmers. However, there is a trend that the decision … FPCs in transition China presents hybrid forms of both hierarchy and family farming. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307572
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Mobile telecommunications infrastructure and economic growth: Evidence from China
Ward, Michael R.; Zheng, Shilin - 2014
We contribute to the role of telecommunications infrastructure on economic growth in three ways. We separately examine … growth. We find that mobile services contribute much more to growth but that the effect diminishes as the provincial economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397831
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Energy Policy and Regional Inequalities in the Brazilian Economy
Santos, Gervasio; Haddad, Eduardo; Hewings, Geoffrey - 2010
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the long-run regional impacts of tariff policy of the Brazilian electric power sector. The structural reforms carried on this sector determined the emergence of two different spatial distribution trends of the electric power tariffs among the Brazilian...
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Natural-resource rents and internal conflicts - Can decentralization lift the curse?
Markwardt, Gunther; Farzanegan, Mohammad; Leßmann, … - 2013
We study how natural-resource rents a ffect the risk of internal conflict within countries and how the federal structure of countries influences this relationship. Natural-resource abundance may induce excessive rent-seeking and thus increase the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political...
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Leap-Frogging: A Way to Foster Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector
Amelung, Torsten; Rücker, Ute - 1995
The implementation of sustainable development strategies in the energy sector requires adjustements in all countries regardless of their developmental stage. Especially the newly industrializing countries and developing countries should be given the opportunity to install the newest and most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590184
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Border effects on spatial price transmission between fresh tomato markets in Ghana and Burkina-Faso: Any case for promoting trans-border trade in West Africa?
Amikuzuno, Joseph - 2011
Cross-border trade in food commodities within sub-regional economic blocks in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) is believed to be faster, cheaper, more convenient and welfare-enhancing than overseas trade between SSA countries and the USA, EU and the BRIC countries. The difficulty of commodity arbitrage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306922
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Strategies and challenges of internationalisation in BRIC-countries: Empirical results from the German agribusiness
Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2011
The objective of this paper is to identify the strategies and instruments that agribusiness companies currently use to cope with the globalisation of agricultural markets. This aim is achieved by means of presenting the empirical results of an online and telephone survey that was undertaken...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306936