This paper studies the extent to which equilibrium land auction prices are pushed up sequentially due to strategic bidding behaviors in government land auction sales. Using a unique data set that covers the universe of tendering prices submitted by all developers for all residential land auction...

This paper studies the extent to which equilibrium auction prices are affected by the order of sale and the extent of product differentiation in the context of government land auction sales. We propose a simple two-stage differentiated duopoly model where an incumbent winner of land from a...

This paper focuses on spectrum management in next generation of cellular networks. Several concepts are introduced that are central to the design of spectrum management algorithms. A practically realizable candidate algorithm for spectrum pricing is introduced based on pricing models and...

Should the government procure equipment for its agencies or let them run their own procurment auctions? Suppose the agency has private information about product quality, but is inclined to favour local suppliers. Decentralization saves bureaucracy and "agency costs", but leads to biased...

Should the government procure equipment for its agencies or let them run their own procurement auctions? Suppose the agency has private information about product quality, but is inclined to favor local suppliers. Decentralization saves bureaucracy and "agency costs" (costs tied to truthful...

Protected areas are a key tool for conservation policy but their economic impacts are not well understood. This paper presents new evidence about the local effects of strictly protected areas in Thailand, combining data on socioeconomic outcomes from a poverty mapping study with satellite-based...

Rural indebtedness and dependence on private moneylenders is an age-old problem in India. For more than 100 years now, the Central Government and the Reserve Bank of India have been making efforts to enhance institutional credit in rural areas particularly to assist in agricultural operations....

Die Mitgliedstaaten der EU gewährten 2010 Agrarbeihilfen in Höhe von 10,3 Mrd. Euro. Die derzeitige Rahmenregelung zur Kontrolle von Agrarbeihilfen läuft im Dezember 2013 aus und muss für 2014 bis 2020 neu gefasst werden. Dies bietet die Gelegenheit einer Neuausrichtung. Die Autoren...

Der Arbeitsbericht beschreibt die regionale Verteilung der finanziellen Staatshilfen für den Agrarsektor in der Förderperiode 1995 bis 2008. Räumliche Betrachtungseinheit sind die Bundesländer, Landkreise und siedlungsstrukturellen Kreistypen. Im Einzelnen wird die regionale Verteilung der...

This paper deals with the analysis of the impact of credit rationing on the farmer's economic equilibrium and the analysis of different policy scenarios in a derived neoclassical adjustment cost framework. The theoretical model is an optimal dynamic investment model, in which the upper bound on...