Linear regression models are frequently used to analyze distributive politics in the U.S. Congress; however, authors have used a variety of specifications with different implicit assumptions about how bicameralism shapes legislative bargaining. I derive a model that describes district or state...

This paper analyses the marketing arrangements between Polish hog producers and buyers at a time when high-quality markets are emerging. Interrelationships between four key factors are investigated: governance structures, prices, grading and investment in quality production. A sample of 200...

Pandemic caused by the new coronavirus has affected both farmers and the country's economy. In this study will be analyzed aspects such as: the balance of pork made in Romania (slaughter, average weight at slaughter, total production, consumption) price, pig herds, import and export. Pork is one...

In March 2012, Greece conducted one of the biggest and most brutal sovereign debt restructurings ever, asking holders of Greek government bonds to take net present value haircuts of near 80 percent. Greece forced acquiescence to its terms from a large number of its bonds by using a variety of...

In Romania, pork represents 50% of the total types of meat consumed per capita, which places it in the first place in the hierarchical distribution of the most consumed types of meat nationally. These data underline the importance of the pig sector and the relevance of studying the economic...

From pork to performance illuminates the politics of how public resources are spent and the difficulty of the 'last mile' of service delivery. Crumbling facilities, absentee teachers, and roads to nowhere waste resources and retard development in many countries around the world. These failures...