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| Genius, Margarita; Karagiannis, Giannis; Tzouvelekas, Vangelis. |
| The effects of the 2003 CAP reform on the farmers’ decisions on whether to abandon their farming activity, how much to produce and what to produce are analyzed in the present paper. To this effect data collected for Hungarian, Dutch and Greek farmers on their perceptions about the reform and its effects, and on their production intentions is analyzed using discrete choice models under 3 alternative scenarios for the future produce prices. The discrete choice model applied in the present paper is sequential since farmers are confronted with a sequence of choices. In the first stage, the choice is between abandoning farming or continuing, then those farmers who have chosen to continue are presented with two additional choices related to their level of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: CAP; Farmers choices; MTR assesment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy; Q10; Q18. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44849 |
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| Freebairn, John W.. |
| The objectives and relative effectiveness of different methods of providing temporary assistance to a particular industry experiencing a significant reduction in returns and liquidity are evaluated. It is doubtful that assistance can be justified for resource efficiency reasons. This is argued to be so when the cause of the downturn in industry returns is due to temporary factors, such as drought, and when it is due to long-term trend factors, such as economic growth. While an industry slump can cause welfare problems, most households are able to use contingency strategies, e.g. savings, or resort to existing welfare programs, e.g. unemployment benefits. Direct income grants are preferable to output and input subsidies as means of providing welfare... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Political Economy. |
| Ano: 1978 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22726 |
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| Imrohoroglu, Ayse; Merlo, Antonio; Rupert, Peter. |
| In this paper we consider a general equilibrium model where heterogeneous agents specialize either in legitimate market activities or in criminal activities and majority rule determines the share of income redistributed and the expenditures devoted to the apprehension of criminals. We calibrate our model to the U.S. economy in 1990, and we conduct simulation exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of expenditures on police protection and income redistribution at reducing crime. We find that while expenditures on police protection reduce crime, it is possible for the crime rate to increase with redistribution. We also show that economies that adopt relatively more generous redistribution policies may have either higher or lower crime rates than economies... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Political Economy. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7497 |
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| Nellis, John. |
| Many African state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly those in infrastructure, have a long history of poor performance. From the outset, SOE financial and economic performance generally failed to meet the expectations of their creators and funders. By the late 1970s, the situation was alarming, and by early 1980s, critical. The poor financial performance of SOEs became so burdensome to government budgets that it attracted the attention of the international financial institutions, or IFIs. In response, in the 1980s, the World Bank approved SOE reforms that could be summed up in the term commercialization. By the mid-1990s, however, the idea of making SOEs function efficiently and effectively under government management was largely abandoned by the... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Political Economy. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12193 |
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| Schapper, Henry P.. |
| My subject arises from a recent, though limited, personal experience in economic planning in an underdeveloped country. This was as a member of the Economic Survey Mission on the Economic Development of Zambia organised jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the F.A.O. It confronted me with questions about the usefulness of economics and the adequacy of economists for the development of policies to enable the majority of mankind to be freed from the shackles of poverty. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Political Economy. |
| Ano: 1965 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22649 |
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| Alvey, James E.. |
| In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three centuries. In addition to these normative advocates, various social scientists have propounded the "secularization thesis"; after analysing history from a purportedly positive view, they have argued that "modernization" leads to a secular society. Recently globalization has been seen as another cause of secularization. At the same time, the revival of various religions has cast doubt on these claims. In this paper we return to one of the founders of modernity for guidance. Adam Smith advocated globalization on economic and moral grounds. He did not see secularization as an inevitable consequence of globalization. Further, despite his awareness of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Political Economy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23716 |
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| Gautier, Pascal; Soubeyran, Raphael. |
| We propose a two dimensional infinite horizon model of public consumption in which investments are decided by a winner-take-all election. Investments in the two public goods create a linkage across periods and parties have different specialities. We show that the incumbent party vote share decreases the longer it stays in power. Parties chances of winning do not converge and, when the median voter is moderate enough, no party can maintain itself in power for ever. Finally, the more parties are specialized and the more public policies have long-term effects, the more political cycles are likely to occur. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Political Economy. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12194 |
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| Lopez, Raul Compes; Carrau, Javier Guillem. |
| The United States is the leading country in the application of biotechnology to agricultural methods. One of the principal reasons for this is the flexibility of its legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). A significant part of its production of soya or corn is already genetically modified, so that its companies need to avoid technical barriers to their exports in the world markets. In the EU, negative public opinion has contributed to the adoption by the authorities of exigent legislation in order to avoid the possible risks to human health and the environment posed by GMO. The EU's authorisation procedure for these organisms is long and meticulous. Furthermore, a compulsory labelling system has been adopted for products, which contain GMO or... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: GMO; Regulation; WTO; Protocol of Biosafety; Political Economy. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24924 |
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