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Economic Implications of Import Barriers to Protect the U.S. Sugar Industry with Particular Reference to Hawaii

Leong, Jerrold K; Scott, Frank S Jr; Leung, PingSun - 1989

This study analyzes consumer and producer costs and benefits of a modeled price supportprogram for sugar superimposed on the 1974-1981 period, which was essentially freeof effective price support programs and characterized by extreme variations in the U.S. price of domestic sugar. The study...

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Sugar plantation including field hands for sale in New Orleans in 1856

1856

Text, January 18, 1856. Article entitled:Valuable Sugar Plantation and Hands for Sale. "We are requested to call particular attention to the sale, by N. Vignie, auctioneer, which will take place today, at 12 o’clock, at the rotunda of the St. Louis Hotel, of a large and valuable plantation,...

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ENTWICKLUNG DES TSCHECHISCHEN ZUCKERSEKTORS SEIT 1989

Bavorova, Miroslava - 2002

The breakdown of the planned economy in the Czech Republic induced many changes for the Czech sugar industry. Successful restructuring should foster competitiveness of sugar production and processing. Another target of the sugar sector is its preparation for EU-accession by adjusting to EU...

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REMUNERAÇÃO E CARACTERÍSTICAS DAS PESSOAS OCUPADAS NA AGRO-INDÚSTRIA CANAVIEIRA NO BRASIL, DE 2002 a 2006

Hoffmann, Rodolfo; Oliveira, Fabiola Cristina Ribeiro De - 2008

ste artigo analisa a remuneração, a qualificação e características do emprego das pessoas ocupadas em empreendimentos cuja atividade principal é a cultura da cana-de-açúcar, a produção de açúcar e/ou a produção de álcool, no período de 2002 a 2006. Considera-se o conjunto de...

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Oil dependency, economic diversification and development a case study of Libya

Edwik, AA - 2007

The Libyan economy relies heavily on increasing oil revenues, which may deteriorate with a future oil price decline. The Libyan economy performed as well as resource poor countries over the past few decades. The oil booms of 1973 and 1979 brought unprecedented income to Libya but, despite the...

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Estimating disease-specific costs of GP services in Australia

Butler, J.R.G; Britt, Helena - 2001

conditions on a disease-specific basis. In Australia, aggregate data on the Medicare benefits paid for “GP attendances” are …

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Improving the modeling of couples' labour supply

Breunig, Robert; Cobb Clark, Deborah A; Gong, Xiaodong - 2005

We study the work hours of Australian couples, using a neoclassical labour-supply model in which couples choose from a small, realistic set of possible wife-husband working hour combinations. We introduce three improvements to this standard model. First, we allow partners' preferences about...

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Towards evidence-based tax administration

Wenzel, Michael; Taylor, Natalie - 2004

An evidence-based approach is being promoted and adopted in many public service areas, but tax authorities have so far only sporadically subscribed to it. We, first, present arguments for an evidence-based approach to tax administration and outline its main features. Second, studies on the...

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The causes of Japan's financial crisis

Patrick, Hugh; Ito, Takatoshi - 1999

analysis of specific issues or topics. It provides the groundwork for the conference Financial Reform in Japan and Australia by …

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Beyond Brigden: Australia’s pre-war manufacturing tariffs, real wages and economic size

Tyers, Rod; Colman, William - 2005

Like many industrialised economies in the pre-depression era, Australia elected to maintain a highly protectionist … trade policy regime and hence to retard its integration with the global economy. The rationale for Australia’s protectionism … protection of labour intensive industries would bolster Australia’s real wage, though the Report did not highlight the further …

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