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Universita degli Studi di Verona
Date: 2005-06-05
Papers: 2
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In this issue we have:
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1. Applications of Negotiation Theory to Water Issues
Carlo Carraro; Carmen Marchiori; Alessandra Sgobbi
2. Rapid Rise of China?s Dairy Sector: Factors Behind the
Growth in Demand and Supply, The
Fuller, Frank H.; Huang, Jikun; Ma, Hengyun; Rozelle, Scott
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1. Applications of Negotiation Theory to Water Issues
Carlo Carraro (University of Venice)
Carmen Marchiori (London School of Economics and Fondazione
Eni Enrico Mattei)
Alessandra Sgobbi (SSAV and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei)
The purpose of the paper is to review the applications of non-
cooperative bargaining theory to water related issues ? which
fall in the category of formal models of negotiation. The
ultimate aim is that to, on the one hand, identify the conditions
under which agreements are likely to emerge, and their
characteristics; and, on the other hand, to support policy makers
in devising the ?rules of the game? that could help obtain a
desired result. Despite the fact that allocation of natural
resources, especially of trans-boundary nature, has all the
characteristics of a negotiation problem, there are not many
applications of formal negotiation theory to the issue. Therefore,
this paper first discusses the non-cooperative bargaining models
applied to water allocation problems found in the literature.
Particular attention will be given to those directly modelling
the process of negotiation, although some attempts at finding
strategies to maintain the efficient allocation solution will
also be illustrated. In addition, this paper will focus on
Negotiation Support Systems (NSS), developed to support the
process of negotiation. This field of research is still
relatively new, however, and NSS have not yet found much use in
real life negotiation. The paper will conclude by highlighting
the key remaining gaps in the literature.
Keywords: Negotiation theory, Water, Agreeements, Stochasticity,
Stakeholders
JEL: C72 C78 Q25
Date: 2005-05
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fem:femwpa:2005.65&r=agr
2. Rapid Rise of China?s Dairy Sector: Factors Behind the
Growth in Demand and Supply, The
Fuller, Frank H.
Huang, Jikun
Ma, Hengyun
Rozelle, Scott
With the rapid growth in China?s dairy industry, a number of
recent papers have addressed either the supply or the demand
trends for dairy products in China. None, however, presents a
systematic explanation for the recent growth in both the supply
and demand for dairy products. The goal of this paper is to
sketch a more comprehensive picture of China?s dairy sector and
to assess the nature of the sector?s development in the coming
decades. Drawing upon several empirical studies, we examine the
trends in dairy product consumption to create a composite picture
of the factors underlying the recent growth. We also empirically
investigate the sources of production gains in milk supply and
assess the relative importance of expanding herd size, changes in
the nature of production, technological change, and improvements
in efficiency to the overall growth of milk production.
Date: 2005-05-27
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12363&r=agr
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