BACKGROUND Denmark decreased its tax on spirits by 45% on 1 October 2003. Shortly thereafter, on 1 January 2004, Sweden increased its import quotas of privately imported alcohol, allowing travellers to bring in much larger amounts of alcohol from other European Union countries. Although these changes were assumed to increase alcohol-related harm in Sweden, particularly among people living close...

Abstract This contribution asks whether the most recent innovation of Nordic family policies, so-called father quota, has been an object policy learning in countries that followed example leave policies earlier, such as Germany, Slovenia, and Japan. Our case studies show analyses learning, especially social field, need to take into account specific contexts actor constellations “export” “import...

Optimal tariffs and quotas are comgared for a large country under uncertainty. If the import supply schedule has constant elastjcity and is subject to multiplicative uncertainty and domestic demand is random then the optimal policy is a fixed +.d valorem tariff. If the supply schedule has constant elasticity but this elasticity is random then the optimal tariff is superior to the optimal quota....

The trophy hunting of lions Panthera leo is contentious due to uncertainty concerning conservation impacts and because of highly polarised opinions about the practice. African lions are hunted across at least ~558,000 km(2), which comprises 27-32% of the lion range in countries where trophy hunting of the species is permitted. Consequently, trophy hunting has potential to impart significant pos...

Introduction The international biodiesel production increased steadily and exponentially from 2000 to 2007 (WBGU, 2008). More than half of this increase can be attributed to biodiesel production in the European Union (EU). The production of biodiesel in Europe depends mostly on canola oil (e.g. Ho, 2006). As a result, Europe naturally had an increase in the demand for canola oil. In fact, the i...

Globalization has ushered in a new era when more and more companies are expanding their manufacturing operations on a global scale. This poses some special challenges and raises certain issues. This paper examines production loading problems that involve import quota limits in the global supply chain network. Import quota, which is imposed by importing countries (mostly in North America and Eur...

The article looks into the impact of Russian full-scale military aggression on Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods 2022. Key trends, geographical and structural shifts Ukrainian exports imports are analyzed. most resilient vulnerable flows identified. effects global supply chain disruptions due to blockade food Black Sea assessed. outcomes establishing solidarity lanes “grain corridor” outlined. r...