The duration of self-employment is an important policy consideration in developing countries. We use data from a sample of the self-employed in Zimbabwe to compute hazard rates by location and economic sector of the activity. We partition the data by date of entry to assess the impact of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors affecting consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for organics. Design/methodology/approach – A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data at five retail stores in metropolitan Bangkok. Exploratory factor...

This paper empirically examines the asymmetric price setting behavior on exchange rate volatility from foreign firms of Korea’s major trading partners which causes an incomplete exchange rate pass-through into import prices in Korea. The study demonstrates that there exists a significant...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Overview -- PART I THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS -- 2 The Empirical Evidence and Channels for Eectivffe Public-Private Partnerships -- 3 Assessing...