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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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, 2013 This research investigates accounting practices in four Tanzanian Local Government Authorities (LGAs). It seeks to understand how accounting is practiced and the situations which sustain its undertaking.
Mzenzi, Siasa
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro +5 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the long‐run effect of ethanol plant entry on local corn prices using a long‐horizon difference‐in‐differences framework that combines matching with fixed effects while explicitly accounting for treatment intensity and spatial heterogeneity.
Jinho Jung +2 more
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Performance reporting in the Malaysian government [PDF]
, 2012 During the late 1980s, government agencies in many countries began to implement public sector management reforms to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
Neilson, J., Mucciarone, M.A.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Macroeconomics of public sector deficits : the case of Zimbabwe [PDF]
Zimbabwe has the uncommon combination of a high public deficit, a balanced current account, low inflation, and low levels of investment and growth. Despite a surplus in the current account, the nonfinancial public sector has run deficits exceeding 10 ...
Morande, Felipe, Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Technical Assistance (TA) is an essential strategy for supporting organizational growth and aiding implementation of evidence‐based interventions in mission‐driven sectors, including education. While TA is crucial for addressing challenges and improving performance, the field has limited consensus on key features and best practices ...
Sarah M. Stilwell +7 more
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STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE: BETWEEN HIERARCHIES, MARKET AND NETWORK FORMS [PDF]
In the current economic, social and political context, the problem of the competitiveness reform in public sector lies in the assumption of strategic approaches focused on meeting the public interest, with the lowest cost for society.
Lumini?a Gabriela POPESCU
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Government accounting in the Global South: the design, implementation and use of global solutions for local needs [PDF]
, 2012 This chapter examines the impact of globalized accounting and economic reforms on the public sectors of the Global South, focusing particularly on the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Lawrence, Stewart R., Wynne, Andy
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