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In this paper we compare different models of vertical contracting between manufacturers and retailers in the supermarket industry. Demand estimates are used to compute price-cost margins for retailers and manufacturers under different supply models when wholesale prices are not observed. The...
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This paper reports the stylised facts resulting from the tests of rival macroeconomic models in explaining the Australian business cycle during the sample period 1966(3)-1995(3). The dominant rival paradigms such as the New Classical, Keynesian the Real Business Cycle theories have been tested...
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The general equilibrium approach demonstrates that macroeconomic shocks link the exchange rate and the inflation rate through diverse transmission channels. Therefore, the one-track focus of the partial equilibrium 'pass-through' approach that predicts that exchange rate depreciation causes...
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This article extends the Berry, Levinsohn, Pakes (1995) model to include retail services by Boston supermarkets in an equilibrium model of breakfast cereals and then tests alternative vertical pricing games between manufacturers and supermarkets to ascertain who’s got the pricing power....
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This paper provides an original theoretical framework to better understand the raise of private quality standards in agrifood chains. Reasons for the development and conditions for the effectivenessof private quality standards are identified, by investigating firms’ strategic behaviour and,...
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1 Correlations between phenotypic traits are important in a number of contexts in physiological ecology, evolutionary physiology, and behaviour. Correlations can reflect functional connections or trade-offs among performance traits (e.g. bite force, jumping distance) and can reveal causal...
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Energy intake rates of wintering deer vary over time because of variation in the abundance and quality of their natural foods. Accordingly, there is a chance that energy requirements will not be satisfied in a feeding period. This is especially critical because deer are reproductive during...
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This dissertation is about spin-off companies that stem from academic research activities from within universities. The focus is on the ways in which these companies create knowledge, the ways in which knowledge flows both within and outside of the company, and generally, the ways in which...
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As sensor networks are being increasingly deployed in decision-making infrastructures such as battlefield monitoring systems and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, making decision makers aware of the trustworthiness of the collected data is a crucial. To address this...
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In recent years, anonymization methods have emerged as an important tool to preserve individual privacy when releasing privacy sensitive data sets. This interest in anonymization techniques has resulted in a plethora of methods for anonymizing data under different privacy and utility...
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