Essays about: "factor endowments"

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1. 1. Determinants for China’s agricultural imports from Sub-Saharan African countries : a gravity model approach

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Agnes von Essen; [2018]
   Keywords : gravity model; determinants; agricultural trade; Sub-Saharan Africa; China;

   Abstract : A Gravity approach has been undertaken to investigate the determinants of China’s agricultural imports from Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries using panel data covering the period 1995-2014. China’s agricultural import has increased significantly during the period and the agricultural export for the SSA countries is vital for their development. READ MORE

3. 2. Land Restitution in Colombia - Prospects of Increasing Agricultural Productivity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Carl Sernbo; [2013]
   Keywords : Land reform; induced innovation; agricultural productivity; minifundio-latifundio; transaction costs; collective actions; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study concerns the prospects of the Victims and Land Restitution Law in Colombia, of successfully contribution in increasing agricultural productivity, through a restitution of land to the victims of the country’s armed conflict. According to the theory of Giovanni Andrea Cornia very small-sized farms and large-sized farms have a lower relative productivity than middle-sized farms, due to the formers’ lesser ability of absorbing the excess labour supply caused by the strong incentives to the large landowners to keep land unutilized. READ MORE

4. 3. Formal Land Rights Security and Agricultural Productivity: Can Factor Endowments Explain the Divergent Findings?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Fredrik Saïd Madsen; [2013]
   Keywords : formal land rights security; agricultural productivity; factor endowments; institutions; land rights debate; institutional environment; embeddedness.; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Institutions are commonly thought of as crucial determinants for economic development. This argument is also prominent in the literature regarding property rights institutions as many studies stress their significance for economic performance. READ MORE

5. 4. What Determines the Location of Industry? Endowments, Market Potential, and Industry Location in Swedish Regions, 1900-1960

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Thor Berger; [2012]
   Keywords : Industry location; Sweden; Industrialization; Heckscher-Ohlin; New Economic Geography; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this paper I examine the location of manufacturing industries across Swedish regions, between 1900 and 1960, using a novel dataset on manufacturing employment disaggregated into eight industries and 24 (NUTS-III) regions. By means of OLS estimations of a model where the regional share of employment in an industry is determined by interactions between region and industry characteristics I show that factor endowments and market potential jointly determined the regional distribution of industries. READ MORE

6. 5. Intra-industry trade between Sweden and Russia

   University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Johanna Eliasson; [2008]
   Keywords : Intra-industry trade; Russia; Sweden; Grubel-Lloyd index;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to determine whether Russia has changed its intra-industry trade pattern with Sweden between the years of 1997 and 2003. To be able to see any changes five products, vehicles, grain, forest, optical instruments and jewellery has been chosen. READ MORE