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Abstract Animal welfare programs alone are insufficient to ensure better welfare for farm animals. Effective farm management, driven by dairy farmers' intrinsic motivation, plays a pivotal role. This study examines the factors influencing dairy farmers' intention to implement animal welfare practices and their commitment to continuously enhancing ...
Henrike Grotsch+3 more
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Economic policy uncertainty and the ECOWAS exchange rate mechanism
This study examines the nexus between economic policy uncertainty and real exchange rates of ECOWAS countries to observe the countries’ responses to external shocks and explore the potential success of exchange rate mechanism (ERM) in the West African ...
Sikiru A. Abdulsalam, Samuel F. Onipede
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First paragraph: The purpose of this chapter is to consider monetary policy in terms of real social experience. Monetary policy making is itself a real social experience for policy makers. In attempting to influence real behaviour, they employ theoretical ideas, conveyed with the rhetoric of expertise, to communicate with market players.
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Monetary Policy and the Dollar [PDF]
In this essay I propose that the adoption of the U.S. dollar as a common currency shortly after the ratification of the Federal Constitution and the accompanying transition from a fiat to specie standard was a pivotal moment in the nation's early history and marked an improvement over the monetary systems of colonial America and under the Articles of ...
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Inflation and Monetary Policy [PDF]
Significant slowdown in the growth rate in prices for non-food goods and maintained prices for commercial services at the level of the preceding month resulted in the fact, that the baseline inflation slowed down from 0.5 % per month in October to 0.3% in November (against 0.4% in November 2011).
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This paper examines the export performance of China in electronics compared to the east Asian NIEs exporting to the USA, the European Union, and Japan between 1988 and 2001 using a dynamic version of shift-share analysis to overcome some of the inherent ...
Peter Wilson+2 more
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While corporate indebtedness has increased substantially in emerging countries over the last decade, the literature on the negative consequences of this large build-up of debt on real consequences is very limited.
İbrahim Yarba
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The Politics of Monetary Policy [PDF]
In this paper we critically review the literature on the political economy of monetary policy, with an eye on the questions raised by the recent financial crisis. We begin with a discussion of rules versus discretion. We then examine the issue of Central Banks independence both in normal times, in times of crisis.
Andrea Stella+3 more
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Supply chain risk in grain trading: Inventories as real options for shipping grain
Abstract Integrating trading and logistics is an important challenge in commodity trading. Trading and logistics are strategic decisions and are integral to most commodities including grain shipping by rail, in addition to other modes (barges, ocean shipping). There are substantial risks, such as the ordering and placement of rail cars.
William W. Wilson, Jesse Klebe
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This study investigates the evolution of the import content of production and exports in Turkey for the 2002–2018 period. Based on 2002 and 2012 input-output tables and a large data set of production and foreign trade, we estimate the production and ...
Yasemin Erduman, Okan Eren, Selçuk Gül
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