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Essays on Agricultural and Environmental Policy

Jonsson, Thomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2007

This thesis consists of a summary and four papers. The first two papers address political economy and industrial organization aspects of agricultural policy, and the last two international aspects of environmental policy. Paper [1] explains Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies to farmers...

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Openness and Total Factor Productivity in Swedish Manufacturing Industry 1980-95

Andersson, Linda - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2000

have more entry and exit activity than other industries. The results show that domestic R&D intensity does not contribute …

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Entry into Swedish Retail- and Wholesale Trade Markets

Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Rudholm, Niklas; Bergström, Fredrik - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2002

In this paper, a Poisson regression model is used to study the determinants of entry of new firms into the Swedish … entry of newcomers. Regional factors are also found to be important determinants of entry. …

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Entry and the Number of firms in the Swedish Pharmaceuticals Market

Rudholm, Niklas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2000

This paper analyses the factors that determine entry into the Swedish pharmaceuticals market. The analysis is based on … particular market have a positive impact on entry. In addition, there is some evidence suggesting that the length of the patent … protection period has a negative impact on entry. …

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Collective Action and Common Agricultural Policy Lobbying: Evidence of Euro-Group Influence, 1986-2003

Jonsson, Thomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2007

This paper attempts to explain Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies to farmers by the in.uence of farmer interest-groups with an EU-wide membership (so called Euro-groups). The analysis is based on panel-data for .fteen commodities over the period 1986-2003. Because the CAP is set as an...

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Essays on Environmental and Development Economics - Public Policy, Resource Prices and Global Warming

Sahlén, Linda - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2009

This thesis consists of four self-contained papers, which are all related to important environmental and natural resource issues from a developing country perspective. Paper [I] concerns climate policy and addresses the potential welfare gains of introducing a technology transfer from the North...

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Can a Social Safety Net Affect Farmers’ Crop Portfolios? A Study of the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia

Andersson, Camilla - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2010

In this paper, we examine whether a minimum level of ensured consumption from a social safety net has the potential of breaking the vicious circle of risk avoidance and low return in African agriculture. We study how the implementation of a social safety net programme in Ethiopia has affected...

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Changing the Risk at the Margin Smallholder Farming and Public Policy in Developing Countries

Andersson, Camilla - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2010

This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether the implementation of a social safety net programme in Ethiopia has affected the value, risk and composition of farmers’ crop portfolios. The empirical analysis suggests that the value and risk of the...

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Market Power Effects of Supply Control and Dairy Market Deregulation

Jonsson, Thomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2007

This paper uses the Bresnahan-Lau framework to analyze whether policy reforms specifically affecting Swedish dairy cooperatives, i.e. the two-price system (an input quota, 1986-1991) and the general deregulation of dairy policy (1991-1994), had any market power effects on the Swedish butter...

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The Impacts of Food- and Oil Price Shocks on the Namibian Economy: the Role of Water Scarcity

Sahlén, Linda - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2008

The recent increases in international food and oil prices have raised concerns about how these exogenous shocks will affect the economic activity as well as poverty in developing countries. In this paper, the effects of international food and oil price increases on the Namibian economy are...

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