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| Challen, Ray; Cook, Venton. |
| The dried fruits industry in South Australia is regulated under the Dried Fruits Act 1993 (SA). The principal effect of regulation is to impose a mandatory standards scheme on the processing and packaging of dried fruit produced in South Australia for sale in the Australian domestic market. The Act is currently under review in accordance with the requirements and principles of National Competition Policy. The economic analysis undertaken as part of the review addresses the question of who should be making decisions in respect of quality standards for dried fruit: individual industry participants, industry groups or the government. Economic theory of market failure, transactions costs and collective action suggests that the answer to such a question is an... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123620 |
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| Challen, Ray; Schilizzi, Steven. |
| Institutions for use of natural resources, including water resources, typically encompass assignments of property rights to various levels of government, private entities and commonproperty organisations. Institutional reform often involves a change in these property rights, such as devolution of property rights from governments to private resource users. In institutional economics it is generally accepted that institutional change occurs to reduce transaction costs incurred in economic exchanges and regulatory actions. In many situations, including reform of institutions for use of water resources, there are two additional parameters that affect, or should affect, decisions for institutional change: (i) constraints arising from institutional history; and... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123793 |
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