L’objectif de l’article est caractériser les initiatives individuelles et collectives mises en œuvre par pêcheurs artisans sénégalais pour faire face à la crise (écologique économique). De telles s’organisent autour dynamiques nouvelles « politiques » techniques », légales ou illégales l’exemple pêche migrante, le ciblage ressources, mixité des pêche, encore bateaux ramasseurs. Il s’agit ici d’...

abstract main objective of this paper is the investigation the effect of support policies of government on income risk of poultry producers in iran for the 1989-2006. ccv index was used to investigate amount of variation that cause each support policies (market price support, support of agricultural inputs, outputs insurance) on income risk variation of producers. the results of this study show...

Previous research has documented a behavioral distinction between “social risk” and financial risk. For example, individuals tend to demand a premium on the objective probability of a favorable outcome when that outcome is determined by a human being instead of a randomizing device (Bohnet, Greig, Herrmann, and Zeckhauser 2008; Bohnet and Zeckhauser 2004). In this paper we ask whether social ri...

This paper adopts the industrial capabilities argument and the concept of revealed comparative advantage as the basis for evaluating the competitiveness of the UK creative industries in sustaining export growth. The empirical results have revealed a heterogeneous nature of the economic linkages and comparative advantage positions within the UK creative sector. There is also evidence to support ...

The article analyses the determinants of acquisition flamenco albums. Flamenco is a musical genre recognized by UNESCO as intangible heritage humanity. A methodology divided into three phases has been used for this purpose: firstly, interviews with experts from Spanish music industry where new variables are identified that can affect consumption habits; then 586 surveys spectators who valued th...

This paper is an attempt to provide evidence on two questions: Why do companies sponsor art events, and where exactly does the money go? We analyse data collected on the revenue structure of cultural institutions in Berlin and Hamburg. This data set not only tells us where the money goes, it also allows us to draw conclusions with respect to donors' motives. We regress sponsorships received on ...

This paper argues that morality is required to allow the gains from trade to be reaped by reducing the ‘policing’ type of transactions costs involved in opportunistic behaviour. But, as Hume emphasised neither God nor Reason can justify any particular morality, the only source of morality must be local traditions which socialize children through the moral emotions of shame and guilt. Capitalism...

This paper presents results from a field study on voluntary contributions for an information public good provided via the Internet (an electronic newsletter for authors). Whereas the standard private provision model predicts that individuals contribute less if other individuals contribute more, we find that readers are more likely to pay the more they expect others to give. This result is consi...

I add to the empirical literature on vertical contracting and wholesaler conduct by using retailer entry conditions to infer unobserved choice variables and equilibrium responses to prices and advertising. After estimating the US demand for theatrical motion pictures from 1990–96, I apply these techniques to compare observed outcomes to predictions under various distributorconduct hypotheses. W...

Does Culture Matter? This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share a common institutional and economic environment. This allows one to separate the...