Grain prices have risen sharply since 2005 and 2006 affecting livestock markets by increasingfeed prices and leading to significant volatility shocks. The high price levels and magnitude ofsustained high volatilities has raised concerns for many sectors of the economy, in particularthose with...

In this article we present results from a study of recreation demandfor southern North Carolina beaches. We combine revealed preference andstated preference data in order to estimate the changes in recreation demandthat might occur with beach nourishment and parking improvements necessaryto...

The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) red king crab fisheriesare managed with a controversial, market-based policy design, in which both individualtransferable fishing and processing quotas are used. Despite the factthat the policy design maintains contestable markets, concern remains that...

We demonstrate how to specify and estimate a time series model that can isolate the effects of changes in fishery policy and forecast the outcome of policy changes in the context of changing climate and economic factors. The approach is illustrated with data from the headboat fishery for red...

In modern market economies the majority of state revenues is derived from taxation. Since 1988 the Hungarian regulations on taxation follow the practices of developed countries. The system of burdening is focused/based more and more on consumption instead of production as a result of tax...

Az utóbbi évtizedekben az ún. „hálózati gazdaság” fejlődésében növekvő fon-tosságú szerepet játszanak a különféle szervezeti hálózatok. A szervezetek (vál-lalkozások, intézmények, nonprofit szervezetek) hálózatai legfőbb tényezői az üz-leti versenyképesség...

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The relationship between appreciation of the exchange rate and employment is investigated in the period 1980-2008 for the United States. Previous literature has found a negative relationship, studying as channels of transmission the role of exports, substitution of factors of production, terms...

Sources of growth in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) are analyzed in a general equilibrium, open economy framework using time-series data. Contributions from labor and capital account for 75% of the economy’'s average growth, with total factor productivity (TFP) accounting for the remainder....

Surveys have shown that, in general, developing countries tend to regulate the set-up processes for firms more intensively than developed countries. In particular, while many developing countries tend to integrate licensing requirements in the set-up process ('set-up licensing'), the more...