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The new fertilizer subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa are intended to increase agricultural production and ensure development of a fertilizer market. Fertilizer adoption requires complementary inputs…

7 August 2012 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden

The purpose of the present article is to consider optimal trade policies for biofuels, taking into account the potential for carbon leakage and the complex set of policies used or discussed for…

15 May 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden

This note acknowledges Jens Warming's contributions (1911, 1931) on what has since come to be known as the open access problem in fisheries. Warming, in a static framework, suggested an optimal…

1 March 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden

We study dynamic labour supply using data on paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand. The divers face stable, flat prices per kilogram after each catch, but experience transitory wage changes due to…

15 February 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden

With contingent valuation, both the goods being valued and the payment vehicles used to value them are mostly hypothetical. However, although numerous studies have examined the impact of experience…

22 December 2011 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden

This report reviews the current status of second generation biofuels. First generation biofuels continue to be substantially subsidized, and this has contributed to the increasing use of such fuel…

30 May 2011 | Discussion Paper | Sweden

Food with inputs from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has met considerable skepticism among European Union (EU) consumers. The EU import ban on GM food has triggered a great deal of controversy…

2 May 2001 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden

This analysis of the fishers’ compliance with regulations in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, gives support to the traditional economics-of-crime model and shows that the extension of the basic deterrence…

30 September 2010 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Tanzania

Many resource users are not involved in formulating and enforcement of resource management regulations in developing countries and do not generally accept such rules. Enforcement officers who have…

19 October 2009 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Tanzania

Many resource users are not involved in formulating and enforcement of resource management regulations in developing countries and do not generally accept such rules. Enforcement officers who have…

15 October 2009 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden, Tanzania