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The Formation of Networks in the Diaspora

Epstein, Gil S. - 2016

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …

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Identity Changes and the Efficiency of Reputation Systems

Wibral, Matthias - 2014

therefore shed a negative reputation by creating a new account. We study the effects of such identity changes on the efficiency …

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Market Design for Trading Commoditized Renewable Energy

Heshmati, Almas - 2014

Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In … particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the … energy efficiency. Therefore, integrating distributed, renewable energy sources and smart grids within local marketplaces for …

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Recovery Performance of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies in India : An Assessment

Mazumder, Rabin - 2014

Agricultural credit is one of the most crucial inputs in all agricultural development programmes. Access of rural credit has still remained scarce in India. Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) working at grass-root level, having direct contact with the rural people and meet their...

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Can Crop Purchase Programs Reduce Poverty and Improve Welfare in Rural Communities? Evidence from the Food Reserve Agency in Zambia

Fung, Winnie - 2015

The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...

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Market Competition and Discrimination

Siddique, Abu - 2020

This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context of the rice market in Bangladesh. We recruit professional rice buyers (middlemen) to act as judges in a rice competition by providing a quality rating and a price quote for...

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Building Trust in Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal : Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Tanguy, Bernard - 2015

Trust is crucial for successful collective action. A prime example is collective commercialization of agricultural produce through producer organizations. We conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Senegal in which we vary the number and the type of smallholder farmers – members...

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Strengthening Producer Organizations to Increase Market Access of Smallholder Farmers in Uganda

Vargas Hill, Ruth - 2020

Smallholder agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is largely exposed to pervasive market failures, translating into missed opportunities and sub-optimal economic behavior. These failures can partly be traced to the importance of economies of scale in procuring inputs and marketing produce, where...

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Smallholders, Market Failures, and Agricultural Production : Evidence from India

Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2020

Market completeness has important implications for household behavior. I firmly reject complete markets for smallholders but am unable to do so for non-smallholders. This leads to important differences in production behavior: smallholders reallocate labor across activities less in response to...

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The Extractive Industry's Impact on Economic Growth in SADC Countries

Nhabinde, S. - 2020

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are rich in natural resources and in most of them their extractive industries extract and export natural resources with little industrial processing. This study analyzes the direct and indirect impacts that the extractive industries in...

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