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Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights [PDF]
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization and economic liberalization affect governments’ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981-2004 period ...
Axel Dreher +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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A Random Walk to Economic Freedom? [PDF]
The European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013 Given the wide use of economic freedom in economic literature it is imperative to understand how economic freedom evolves. Results suggest that levels of economic freedom are dominated by random shocks. Using a test for stationarity devised by Westerlund
Witte, Mark David, Hefner, Frank
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal +2 more
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Economic and Social Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment with Emphasis on Governance Index (1996-2007) [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2012 This paper examines the economic, political and social determinants which influence foreign direct investment inflow among a set of 83 countries, member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and selected countries of Mena ...
Parvin Heydari, Zahra Afshari
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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
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do more transparent government govern better? [PDF]
The author explores the link between information flows and governance or institutional quality. Economic theory expounds on the importance of information on economic outcomes either through its direct effect on prices and quantities or through its effect
Islam, Roumeen
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Do oil exports increase the perception of corruption? [PDF]
, 2007 Version of RecordMany authors have written about the "resource curse" where countries with large abundance of mineral resources have a consistent pattern of slow growing economies.
Riveras, Jorge
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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The connection between democratic freedoms and growth in transition economies [PDF]
The Freedom House democracy index is often used in regression analysis to estimate the relationship between democratic freedoms and growth. The index is comprised of two broad categories for political rights and civil liberties. However, the relationship
Jac, Heckelman
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