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Environmental melodrama, coal, and the politics of sustainable energy in The Last Mountain

Schwarze, Steve; Peeples, Jennifer; Schneider, Jen; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 2, pp. 108-122

mining in West Virginia known as mountaintop removal (MTR). The Last Mountain was the first of more than 40 MTR films to be … film's use of environmental melodrama to define the problems related to MTR and create identification between victims of … MTR and viewers. However, the latter portion of the film attempts to scale up from the melodramatic depiction of MTR to …

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What is the mobile termination regime for the asymmetric firms with a calling club effect?

Geoffron, Patrice; Wang, Haobo - In: International Journal of Management and Network Economics 1 (2008) 1, pp. 58-79

The aim of our paper is to determine the efficiency of the asymmetric regulation of the Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) in a market where the firms are differentiated in size and with commercial offers that include calling club effects. Major regulatory issues are related to these analyses,...

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Nonlinear investigations of China's agricultural transformation based on the structural break regime switching model

Lu, Jie; Hu, Angang; Yan, Yilong - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 1, pp. 52-68

Purpose – Investigating the characteristics of the transformation of China's agricultural growth and the institutional reforms during the whole transition period in the 1980s will help to understand China's economic and agricultural reform and offer some successful experiences to other...

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Editorial: agriculture in Turkey – structural change, sustainability and EU-compatibility

Aerni, Philipp - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 4/5, pp. 429-439

Rural Turkey is dominated by a large agricultural sector that still relies on extensive state support and policy intervention. There is a general agreement that structural change is needed to make its rural economy more innovative and competitive. Yet, as long as the main architects of Turkish...

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Domestic Reform, Trade, Innovation and Growth in New Zealand's Agriculture Sector: Trade and Innovation Project - Case Study No. 2

Vitalis, Vangelis - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

This paper is one of five case studies which is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of domestic reform including trade on New Zealand's agriculture sector. Agricultural and trade reform has led...

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Nonlinear investigations of China's agricultural transformation based on the structural break regime switching model

Lu, Jie; Hu, Angang; Yan, Yilong - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 1, pp. 52-68

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Policy formation in the process of implementing agricultural reform in Turkey

Akder, A. Halis - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 4/5, pp. 514-532

In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform changed the practical instruments of policy intervention without questioning the underlying policy paradigm. A major driving force behind ARIP was the World Bank, which provided policy advice and the...

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Reforming Agriculture and Promoting Japan's Integration in the World Economy

Jones, Randall S.; Kimura, Shingo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The problems of Japanese agriculture – in particular low productivity and the prevalence of part-time farmers and small plots have been evident for the past 50 years. The high level and distortionary nature of agriculture support imposes burdens on consumers and taxpayers, undermines the...

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Political economy of agricultural reform in Japan under Abe's administration

Honma, Masayoshi; Mulgan, Aurelia George - In: Asian economic policy review : AEPR 13 (2018) 1, pp. 128-144

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China's government finance and food security nexus : a regime switching analysis

Du, Jane; King, Cheng - In: Applied economics 50 (2018) 41, pp. 4470-4487

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