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The Role of Cooperatives in the International Agri-Food Industry
"... Pôle d’enseignement supérieur agronomique de Rennes, ..."
Moldova of agri-food industry recovery
, 2003
"... Successor states of the Soviet Union have witnessed substantial falls in agri-food production since the break-up of the USSR. Supply chain disruption has been a major problem related to this decline. This paper identifies how asymmetric information between farmers and processors led to market failur ..."
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Successor states of the Soviet Union have witnessed substantial falls in agri-food production since the break-up of the USSR. Supply chain disruption has been a major problem related to this decline. This paper identifies how asymmetric information between farmers and processors led to market
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
"... Aims and scope. This journal is concerned with the interaction of methods of agricultural production, agroecosystems and the environment. Topics covered include the comparison of different methods of production (intensive, extensive, linear, cyclic) in terms of their ecology; how agricultural produ ..."
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for scientists in agriculture, food production, forestry and the environment, as well as for administrators and policy-makers concerned with these issues in research establishments, government, industry and international organisations. It publishes original scientific papers, review articles and occasional
The modern industrial revolution, exit, and the failure of internal control systems
- JOURNAL OF FINANCE
, 1993
"... Since 1973 technological, political, regulatory, and economic forces have been changing the worldwide economy in a fashion comparable to the changes experienced during the nineteenth century Industrial Revolution. As in the nineteenth century, we are experiencing declining costs, increaing average ( ..."
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Since 1973 technological, political, regulatory, and economic forces have been changing the worldwide economy in a fashion comparable to the changes experienced during the nineteenth century Industrial Revolution. As in the nineteenth century, we are experiencing declining costs, increaing average
The impact of trade on Intra-Industry reallocations and aggregate industry productivity.
- Econometrica,
, 2003
"... This paper develops a dynamic industry model with heterogeneous firms to analyze the intra-industry effects of international trade. The model shows how the exposure to trade will induce only the more productive firms to enter the export market (while some less productive firms continue to produce o ..."
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This paper develops a dynamic industry model with heterogeneous firms to analyze the intra-industry effects of international trade. The model shows how the exposure to trade will induce only the more productive firms to enter the export market (while some less productive firms continue to produce
What Do We Know about Capital Structure? Some Evidence from International Data
- Journal of Finance
, 1995
"... We investigate the determinants of capital structure choice by analyzing the financing decisions of public firms in the major industrialized countries. At an aggregate level, firm leverage is fairly similar across the G-7 countries. We find that factors identified by previous studies as correlated i ..."
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We investigate the determinants of capital structure choice by analyzing the financing decisions of public firms in the major industrialized countries. At an aggregate level, firm leverage is fairly similar across the G-7 countries. We find that factors identified by previous studies as correlated
Increasing Returns and Economic Geography
- Journal of Political Economy
, 1991
"... This paper develops a simple model that shows how a country can endogenously become differentiated into an industrialized "core" and an agricultural "periphery. " In order to realize scale economies while minimizing transport costs, manufacturing firms tend to locate in the regio ..."
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This paper develops a simple model that shows how a country can endogenously become differentiated into an industrialized "core" and an agricultural "periphery. " In order to realize scale economies while minimizing transport costs, manufacturing firms tend to locate
The effect of national culture on the choice of entry mode
- Journal of International Business Studies
, 1988
"... Abstract. Characteristics of national cultures have frequently been claimed to influence the selection of entry modes. This article investigates this claim by developing a theoretical argument for why culture should influence the choice of entry. Two hypotheses are derived which relate culture to en ..."
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mode by foreign firms is described in terms of country and industry patterns. Second, the factors that influence the choice between joint ventures, wholly owned greenfield (i.e., start-up) investments, and acquisitions are analyzed statistically. In particular, the statistical investigation seeks
Outside directors and CEO turnover
- Journal of Financial Economics
, 1988
"... ‘this paper examines the relation between the monitoring of CEOs by inside aud outside directors and CEO resignations. CEO resignations are predicted using stock returns and earnings changes as measures of prior performance. There is a stronger association between prior performance and the prhabilit ..."
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and the prhability of a resignation for companies with outsider-dominated boards than for companies with insider-dominated boards. This result dces not appear to be a function of ownership effects, size effects, or industry effects. Unexpected stock returns on days when resignations are announced are consistent
The Endogeneity of the Optimum Currency Area Criteria
- FISCAL POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA” NBER MACROECONOMICS ANNUAL
, 1998
"... A country’s suitability for entry into a currency union depends on a number of economic conditions. These include, inter alia, the intensity of trade with other potential members of the currency union, and the extent to which domestic business cycles are correlated with those of the other countries. ..."
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. But international trade patterns and international business cycle correlations are endogenous. This paper develops and investigates the relationship between the two phenomenon. Using thirty years of data for twenty industrialized countries, we uncover a strong and striking empirical finding: countries with closer
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