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Abnormal profits and profit persistence: evidence from the European food industry
(2014-04-14)
This thesis comprises three papers that aim to analyze the phenomenon of firm profits in the European food industry that differ from the competitive norm either at a specific point in time or over longer time periods. The ...
Weather Derivatives Revisited: A discourse on scalability, feasibility and Sustainability
(2014-04-02)
Over the last decade, weather derivatives have been offered in developing countries to mitigate weather risk in agriculture, but the demand remains low. Chapter One explains this demand anomaly by decomposing an insurance ...
Welfare and Economy-Wide Effects of Azerbaijan’s Accession to the World Trade Organization: A Quantitative Assessment
(2015-11-10)
Azerbaijan applied for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1997 and negotiations are still ongoing. Accession to the WTO requires the applicant countries to align economic policies with the organization’s ...
Economic disruptions, markets and food security
(2020-12-30)
Idiosyncratic and covariate shocks have considerable impacts on household food security and welfare. While impacts of covariate and idiosyncratic shocks have been widely documented, the mitigating role of infrastructure ...
Public health sector expenditures, health status and their role in development of Pakistan
(2010-12-21)
Health is one of the basic capabilities that generate economic freedom. Better health status is described as an indicator of economic success and failure of the nations. The availability of health care services and the ...
An empirical Investigation into the factors critical to the effectiveness of ABS implementation at the national and international levels
(2015-07-15)
The research presented in this thesis firstly investigates critical factors for assessing the effectiveness of existing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) instruments at the national and international levels with respect to ...
Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
(2015-09-21)
The energy consumption in Ethiopia is based mainly (90%) on the traditional use of biomass for domestic needs, mostly using rudimentary cooking stoves. Against this background, the present study examines the importance of ...
International analyses of natural resource curse and Kazakhstan’s related economic performance with special attention to its wheat and energy sectors
(2015-09-09)
The bottom line of this study is to examine the role of natural resource endowments for economic growth and institutional quality with special focus on Kazakhstan and CIS countries. It is documented that resource rents ...
Volatility of International Food Prices: Impacts on Resource Allocation and on Food Supply Response
(2015-06-08)
Uncertainty is a quintessential feature of agricultural commodity prices. After about three decades of low and relatively stable price levels, we have experienced a dramatic rise and volatility in international food prices ...
The private sector and the marginalized poor: An assessment of the potential role of business in reducing poverty and marginality in rural Ethiopia
(2015-04-16)
The present research analyzes the role that the private sector can play in reducing poverty and marginality in Ethiopia by providing improved agricultural inputs to marginalized poor farmers. Two important insights motivate ...