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Explaining vineyard specialization in the province of Barcelona (Spain) in the mid-19th century

Tello, Enric; Badia-Miro, Marc; Cusso, Xavier; … - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2008

We present a statistical model of agrarian vineyard specialization in the province of Barcelona towards 1860, that combines the Boserupian push of population increase, the demand pull of a Smithian-type of growth (measured by the time-distances to the nearest seaport), and the agrological lands...

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Fast Track Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Zimbabwe

Zikhali, Precious - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

In the year 2000 the government of Zimbabwe launched the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) as part of its ongoing land reform and resettlement programme, which seeks to address the racially skewed land distribution pattern inherited at independence in 1980. This paper uses data on...

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Bioeconomic model of spatial fishery management in developing countries

Akpalu, Wisdom; Vondolia, Godwin K. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2011

Fishers in developing countries do not have the resources to acquire advanced technologies to exploit offshore fish stocks. As a result, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea requires countries to sign partnership agreements with distant water fishing nations (DWFNs) to exploit...

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Reducing Global Warming and Adapting to Climate Change: The Potential of Organic Agriculture

Muller, Adrian; Olesen, Joergen; Smith, Laurence; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012

Climate change mitigation is urgent, and adaptation to climate change is crucial, particularly in agriculture, where food security is at stake. Agriculture, currently responsible for 20-30% of global greenhouse gas emissions (counting direct and indirect agricultural emissions), can however...

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Willingness-to-Pay for Prescribed Fire in the Colorado (USA) Wildland Urban Interface

Kaval, Pamela; Loomis, John; Seidl, Andrew - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2006

During the summer of 2001, survey data were collected from Colorado residents living near public lands (i.e., the wildland urban interface). Data were collected by telephone after mailing respondents a survey. These data include detailed information of respondents’ views towards wildfire...

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Vertical Syndication-Proof Competitive Prices in Multilateral Markets

Tejada, O.; Alvarez-Mozos, M. - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2012

A multi-sided Bohm-Bawerk assignment game (Tejada, to appear) is a model for a multilateral market with a finite number … functions. We show that for each such market game there is a unique vector of competitive prices for the commodities that is … correspond to the nucleolus of the market game, we provide a syndication-based foundation for the nucleolus as an appropriate …

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Heterogeneous products and tests for an appropriate aggregation level considering different qualities: evidence from fresh hake at Barcelonas wholesale market

Guillen, Jordi; Franquesa, Ramon - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2008

products from Mercabarna, Barcelonas wholesale market. The literature on seafood demand regards hake as a single product … species. Nevertheless, in the Spanish market, many types of fish, ranging from inferior to luxury goods, are marketed as hake …

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The Fiscal Consequences of Unrestricted Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria

Ruist, Joakim - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014

When Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 Sweden was one of two EU15 countries that did not restrict access to … its labor market and welfare systems for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens. This article evaluates the net fiscal …

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Natural Resource Dependency and Quality of Government

Anthonsen, Mette; Löfgren, Åsa; Nilsson, Klas - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009

This paper introduces quality of government rather than regime type as dependent variable in studies of the political effects of natural resources. It consists of two parts. First, it theorizes the role of fiscal dependency of oil and gas rents in relation to three different dimensions of...

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Payment Types and Participation in Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs: Stated Preferences of Landowners

Nordén, Anna - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014

Because the effectiveness of payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs depends on landowners’ engagement, understanding the relationship between the type of payment and participation is a key issue. This paper reports on a choice experiment that quantifies landowners’ preferences for...

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