A close examination of the organisation of the clothing industry in Thailand exhibits a rather paradoxial situation: although the structural features of the sector - breaking down of the production process, high labour intensity, low asset specificity, unskilled labour - seem to legitimise a...

Zaklan (2023) examines the coasean independence property in the EUETS. To test this property, the author studies whether emissions are independent from the free allowance allocation. Some allowances were given for free to all EU Member States until 2012. From 2013 allowances were fully...

The reduction of child mortality is one of the most universally accepted Millennium Goals. However, there is a significant debate on the means of reaching it and its realism with regard to the situation in most of the least developed countries. The recommendations made for the achievement of...

Purpose: This paper investigates the incentives to coffee farmers to participate in certification schemes that require improved agricultural practices. Design/methodology/approach: The authors ran a choice experiment among 250 Brazilian coffee farmers in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil....

The reduction of child mortality is one of the most universally accepted Millennium Goals. However, there is a significant debate on the means of reaching it and its realism with regard to the situation in most of the least developed countries. The recommendations made for the achievement of...

Agri-environmental schemes (AES) are a central component of the environmental policy of the European Union. Despite widespread interest and investment in AESs, few of these programs have been carefully evaluated and doubts are often expressed about the effectiveness of voluntary programs. The...

Agri-environmental schemes (AES) are a central component of the environmental policy of the European Union. Despite widespread interest and investment in AESs, few of these pro-grams have been carefully evaluated and doubts are often expressed about the effectiveness of voluntary programs. The...