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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector

Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - 2012

In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...

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Glocalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development Perspectives: Empirical Results for West German Regions

Knodler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - 2001

The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the...

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On the Endogeneity of an Exogenous OCA-Criterion: The Impact of Specialisation on the Synchronisation of Regional Business Cycles in Europe

Belke, Ansgar; Heine, Jens M. - 2001

This paper empirically assesses the impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in two core countries of EMU, namely France and Germany. Several specialisation indices are introduced and some first stylised facts about interregional business cycle correlations are...

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City Size Distribution and Growth

Kopp, Andreas - 2000

We discuss theoretical approaches to study the relationship between the size distribution of a nation's cities and macroeconomic growth. The discussion is based on the hypothesis of the New Growth Theory that inter-personal spillovers of education and skills determine the long-run growth of the...

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Dynamic Spatial Modelling of Regional Convergence Processes

Kosfeld, Reinhold; Lauridsen, Jorgen - 2004

Econometric analysis of convergence processes across countries or regions usually refers to a transition period between an arbitrary chosen starting year and a fictitious steady state. Panel unit root tests and panel cointegration techniques have proved to belong to powerful econometric tools if...

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Analysis of Vocational and Residential Preferences of Rural Population: Application of an Experimental Technique to Rural Slovenia

Zanni, Alberto M.; Davidova, Sophia; Bailey, Alastair - 2006

This study represents the first application of Choice Experiments to the analysis of the monetary and non-pecuniary determinants of vocational choice and spatial labor supply. It identifies the determinants of individuals choice of jobs and place of residence, and provides a better...

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Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis

Katchova, Ani L. - 2010

The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of...

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Credit rationing of Polish farm households. A theoretical and empirical analysis.

Petrick, Martin - 2004

credit rationingby rural banks. These farms display a marginal willingness to pay for creditof on average 209 percent net of … principal. The willingness to pay is significantlydifferent from individual interest rates for credit that account for … recipientsdemonstrates that the willingness to pay is substantially higher forrationed than for non-rationed farm households.8. An ex …

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Mapping Serbia: more targeted rural areas for better policies

Monasterolo, Irene; Coppola, Nicola - 2010

The analysis of the experiences of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEs) in transition, which became EU members in the historical 2004 (and 2007) enlargement, evidences the importance of timing and targeting policy intervention for a balanced growth (Monasterolo et. al, 2008). In fact,...

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Combining non-modelling and modelling approaches for the evaluation of RD policy: study of the impact of modulation as a policy instrument

Nowicki, Peter - 2010

Two separate, but interlinked methodological approaches – the modelling approach and non-modelling approach – have been used in a study commissioned by DG Agriculture and Rural Development to understand the impact of Modulation. In these two approaches a range of methodological and...

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