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Three essays in imperfect competition, political economy and international trade

open access: yes, 2006
This Thesis has two themes: (1) political economy of international trade and factor mobility policy; (2) the robustness of strategic trade and industrial policy.Chapter 1 is a non-technical introduction of my research.In Chapter 2, Double-edged incentive
Ma, Jie
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Interstate competition and political stability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Previous theories of globalization have examined factor mobility’s effect on the political conflict between social classes. But factor mobility also increases competition between state rulers in provid- ing services for citizens.
Hugh-Jones, David
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mémoires coloniales conflictuelles

open access: yesSocio
While colonial history has been largely illuminated by the work of historians since decolonization, the socialization of its memory has been the subject of competitive investments since the 1980s.
Nicolas Bancel, Pascal Blanchard
doaj   +1 more source

US — CHINA — RUSSIA RELATIONS: SPHERES OF INTERDEPENDENCE AND RUSSIA’S PRIORITIES

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2015
Russia and China have obvious differences in their approach to the role of the US in the emerging world order. This differences stem from the unique geoeconomic characteristics of the two countries, their motivations for growth, composition and level of ...
S. M. Troush
doaj   +1 more source

Electoral rules, political competition and fiscal spending : regression discontinuity evidence from Brazilian municipalities [PDF]

open access: yes
We exploit a discontinuity in Brazilian municipal election rules to investigate whether political competition has a causal impact on policy choices. In municipalities with less than 200,000 voters mayors are elected with a plurality of the vote.
João Manoel Pinho de Mello   +2 more
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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the General Existence of Pure Strategy Political Competition Equilibrium in Multi-dimensional Party-Faction Models [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we consider political competition games of two parties in multi-dimensional policy spaces, where the two parties have two factions, opportunists and militants, that intra-party bargain with each other.
Yoshihara, Naoki
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"Subsidiarity, Federalism and Regulatory Competition: A Political Economy Perspective" [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
This paper shows different effects implied by the subsidiarity principle as viewed from a rational choice perspective. It is conceived as a survey of ideas and of relevant literature.
Hosli, Madeleine O.
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Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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