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4 articles found for keyword search: +transaction +costs

  • Transaction Costs of Exchange in Agriculture: A Survey

    Agham C. Cuevas
    The concept of transaction cost has been around for more than 75 years. It has been used to explain every economic phenomenon that does not fit with standard neoclassical predictions. It has been applied to so many fields, its definition varying with every application. This paper surveys the...
    Volume 11 Issue No. 1 (June 2014)

  • Agriculture, Markets, and Poverty: A Comparative Analysis of Lao PDR and Cambodia

    Raghav Gaiha, Md Shafiul Azam, Samuel Annim, and Katsushi S. Imai
    Lao PDR and Cambodia have been transitioning to a market-oriented policy regime. Both are agrarian economies with agriculture contributing about one-third of the gross domestic product (GDP). This study assessed their prospects of achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG 1, extreme...
    Volume 9 Issue No. 1 (June 2012)

  • Wither the Economics of Agricultural Development?

    James A. Roumasset
    In spite of a healthy demand for a renaissance in economic policy for agricultural development, the academic supply response is found wanting. The infusion of public economics into the economics of agricultural development, which thrived during the 1970s and 1980s, has stagnated due to the lack of...
    Volume 7 Issue No. 1 (June 2010)

  • Tropical Forests and Climate Change Mitigation: The Global Potential and Cases from the Philippines

    Rodel D. Lasco
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC Fourth Assessment report has highlighted the role of tropical forests in mitigating climate change. Deforestation, especially in tropical countries, contributes about 20 percent to total global greenhouse gas emissions. Development projects geared...
    Volume 5 Issue No. 1 (June 2008)

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