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| Hossain, Ferdaus; Jensen, Helen H.. |
| The linear approximate version of the AIDS model is estimated using data from the Lithuanian household budget survey covering the period from July 1992 to December 1994. Price and real expenditure elasticities for twelve food groups were estimated based on the estimated coefficients of the model. Very little or nothing is known about the demand parameters of Lithuania and other former socialist countries, so the results are of intrinsic interest. Estimated expenditure elasticities were positive and statistically significant for all food groups while all own-price elasticities were negative and statistically significant, except for that of eggs which was insignificant. Results suggest that Lithuanian household consumption did respond to price and real... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Transition economies; Food demand; LA-AIDS; Fixed effects model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18530 |
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| Serova, Eugenia; Shick, Olga. |
| The common a priori persuasion is that agriculture suffers from decapitalization due to financial constraints faced by producers. This view is the basis for the national agricultural policy, which emphasizes reimbursement of input costs and substitutes government and quasi-government organizations for the missing market institutions. The article evaluates the availability of purchased farm inputs, the efficiency of their use, the main problems in the emergence of market institutions, and the impact of government policies. The analysis focuses on five groups of purchased inputs: farm machinery, fertilizers, fuel, seeds, and animal feed. The information sources include official statistics and data from two original surveys. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Russian agriculture; Transition economies; Farm supply channels; Government support programs; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; P230; Q180. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24583 |
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| Kirkpatrick, Colin; Parker, David; Zhang, Yin-Fang. |
| Rate of return or cost of service regulation was the traditional means by which governments, especially in the USA, regulated profitability and prices in privately-owned public utility businesses. However, rate of return regulation was associated with efficiency disincentives. Hence, in 1983 Professor Stephen Littlechild recommended the use of a price cap to regulate British Telecom when it was privatised. Price caps were later introduced for other privatised utilities in the UK, namely gas, airports, water, electricity and the railways. Similarly, other countries that privatised their utility sectors in the 1980s and 1990s often introduced price cap regimes. This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey of the methods used to regulate profits... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Developing economies; Transition economies; Regulation; Rate of return; Price cap.; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30596 |
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| Thomas, Joachim. |
| This paper offers an overview of land reform processes in the CEECs and their outcomes and impacts and analyzes current and emerging structures in rural areas. Different types of land consolidation are defined and their potential impacts are assessed. The paper then looks in depth at land consolidation processes, especially in the context of land management, and outlines preconditions and cornerstones for various approaches. Environmental aspects and principles for land funds and land banking are also drawn in. The paper argues the need for an integrated and sustainable rural development which includes a role for land consolidation. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Transition economies; Land tenure; Land fragmentation; Land consolidation; Rural development; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112607 |
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| Kirkpatrick, Colin; Zhang, Yin-Fang. |
| Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) involves a systematic appraisal of the costs and benefits associated with a proposed new regulation and evaluation of the performance of existing regulations. So far, most research has been concerned with the adoption of RIA in OECD countries. The purpose of this paper is to assess the co tribution that RIA can make to "better regulation" in developing and transition economies. The results reported in this paper from a survey of RIA use in a sample of developing and transition countries suggest that a growing number of low and middle-income countries are beginning to apply some form of regulatory assessment, but that the methods adopted are partial in their application and are not systematically applied across government.... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Regulatory impact assessment; Transition economies; Developing countries; Capacity building.; Public Economics. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30673 |
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| Davis, Junior. |
| This article reviews key conceptual issues related to the development of the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) in a transition context and analyses available empirical evidence on the role of RNFE during recovery from the transition recession. Growth in the RNFE in the transition countries took place during the recession transition, which shows that it may be distress driven, but the paper explores other factors which may be driving the RNFE. It looks at the RNFE in light of the factors driving income growth and inequality, i.e. endowments and institutions. It concludes that, although not uniform across transition countries, the RNFE should be seen as a component of a growth strategy rather than as a temporary “refuge” or survival one. The patterns of growth... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Transition economies; Rural livelihoods; Rural non-farm economy; Rural poverty; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112606 |
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| Novak, Zsuzsanna. |
| The emergence of inflation targeting can be traced back to the 90’s when first countries started forming a new policy strategy aimed at price stabilisation with „real” inflation targeters using explicit numerical targets and some applying a similar strategy with implicit determinations. The monetary policy framework has been endowed with rich theoretical and practical content but an interesting real question remains unanswered: how recent appliers can cope with a number of unaccomplished tasks in model-building and implementation. It is the most exciting challenge for transition economies how to reconcile institutional changes with real and nominal convergence. The solution of this issue provides an ample field for research and economic policy debates. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Inflation targeting; Effectiveness; Theory and practice; Transition economies; Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58912 |
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