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| Cabo, Paula; Rebelo, Joao. |
| Over the last decade Portuguese Agricultural Credit Cooperatives (ACCs) have increasingly face survival challenges related to their difficulty in gathering equity. The main source of ACCs equity is the net benefit; thus, understanding how ACCs governance can work on correcting bad economic performance is of crucial importance to overcome this constraint. The main objective of this paper is to describe the governance control mechanisms in the ACCs. Five governance mechanisms are identified: board and chairman change (internal mechanisms), central ACC intervention by an agent or by management board replacement and merger. Empirical analysis proved that the internal governance mechanisms activity is not related to the ACC performance. Additionally: (a) ACCs... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Credit; Governance; Multinominal logit; Agricultural Finance; D23; L29. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24623 |
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| Bamwerinde, W.; Bashaasha, Bernard; Ssembajjwe, W.; Place, Frank. |
| We use a multinominal logit model to examine the determinants of plot abandonment (unintentional fallows) and long fallows (intentional fallows) in order to propose policy interventions that lead to optimal and sustainable management of land use systems in Kigezi highlands. Household factors such as age, and post primary education positively influenced farmers' decision to abandon plots. Therefore, more fallows and abandoned terraces were common with older farmers compared to younger ones. However, farm size and household type had no significant influence on abandonment of plots. Plot variables such as slope and plot distance had the expected positive signs while soil fertility had a significant negative sign as predicted. Two types of interventions are... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Abandoned terraces; Land use; Kigezi Highlands; Multinominal logit; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25298 |
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| Jackson, Tyrone W.; Perloff, Jeffrey M.. |
| A Markov model shows the degree of brand loyalty to Apple, Compaq, IBM, and Wyse personal computers by large corporate customers of Businessland, a large reseller of personal computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Because Businessland temporarily lost its franchise to carry Compaq for half a year in the middle of our sample, the model captures the effect on Businessland's sales of rival brands when a name brand is eliminated and then reintroduced. Large corporate customers were brand-loyal and relatively price insensitive. Their loyalty did not diminish over time. They did not view IBM-compatible computers as perfect substitutes. Eliminating and then reintroducing a brand has different short- and long-run effects. It is difficult to explain which... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Brands; Computers; Consumers; Markov model; Multinominal logit; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47283 |
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