along with two alternative, more naïve, policies. The CL policy is slightly over 2% from optimal, whereas the alternative … policies are 7% and 27% from optimal. We also study the sensitivity of our policy to the coefficient of variation of the lead …

accessible to the poor” (p. 2).The rice crisis of 2007-08 showed the crucial role of export and import policies on the behavior … assess the impact of international rice trade policies onthe patterns of production, consumption, trade, and prices, from an … ex-post and ex-anteperspective, and analyze the implications of these policies from a food-security point of view …

This paper evaluates the main changes that happened in the Brazilian policies of agricultural minimum price since 1997 … policies. In 1996, Brazilian Federal Government created two new programs,Prêmio de Escoamento de Produto (PEP) and Contratos de …

protection of the landscape involves instituted policies and restrictions on production. Due to the approaching EU accession and …

for a larger menu of policies, institutions and structural characteristics of the economy than has been done so far, our … endogeneity of attitudes, policies and institutions, and by allowing for the persistent nature of labor market outcomes. When we … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and …

Italy is a country with a long history of emigration and a very short experience of immigration. The paper first … the policies affecting the decision to migrate. The end of the first section provides an analysis of the emigration …