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Sustainable and Future Oriented Cocoa Production in Ghana: Analysis of the Initiatives of two Swiss Chocolate Manufacturers
Sustainability remains high on the worldwide agenda in the cocoa sector as numerous problems threaten its viability. This study gives a broad picture of the Ghanaian cocoa sector and examines the initiatives of two Swiss chocolate manufacturers aiming at a more sustainable and future-oriented cocoa production in Ghana.
The study reveals many challenges the Ghanaian cocoa sector...
Institution partenaire
English / 23/11/2017
Embeddedness of Chiquita’s Banana Production in Panama: The potential to mitigate social and ecological problems
The study examines the banana production operations of Chiquita in the remote region of Changuinola in Panama and contrasts it with experiences from Guatemala and Costa Rica. Of particular interest are the local context and the socio-economic framework conditions in which the company is operating. They are essential to assessing the embeddedness of the company in the region. Moreover...
Institution partenaire
English / 23/11/2017
From Philanthropy to Business: When Transformation Is The Only Way to Stay True to Your Mission
Institution partenaire
English / 23/11/2017
Positive Sustainability Effects Resulting from Embeddedness: Evidence from Syngenta’s potato business in Kenya and Colombia
A variety of studies assess the impact of multinational enterprises (MNE) in developing countries. They mainly focus on the negative externalities of these companies. Therefore, this study focuses on the positive effects emanating from the presence of MNEs in developing countries. It is hypothesised that positive externalities resulting from MNEs have their source in the local...
Institution partenaire
English / 23/11/2017
Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility: A Human-Centred Approach to Business Ethics in the 21st Century
Institution partenaire
English / 23/11/2017
Der Schweizer Mietimmobilienmarkt belohnt andere Nachhaltigkeitsmerkmale als Energieeffizienz
Analysiert wird der Einfluss von Nachhaltigkeitsmerkmalen auf die Bestandesmieten von 3120 Wohnungen. Im Ergebnis zeigen sich substanzielle Mietprämien für Tageslicht, geringe Strahlenbelastung und ökologische Baumaterialien sowie ÖV-Anschluss.
Ein schwach signifikanter Mietpreisabschlag wird für Flexibilität sowie Heizwärmebedarf ermittelt.
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/11/2017
A note on the economics of philanthropy
This note starts with a short review of the economic literature on philanthropy. Next, it provides some estimates of philanthropic giving in advanced and middle-income economies and discusses how innovative financial instruments can leverage charitable giving. The note concludes with a discussion of the controversial aspects of philanthropic activities.
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 09/10/2017
Public good provision in Indian rural areas: the returns to collective action by microfinance groups
Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. We provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods. Using a theoretical model, we show that an elected official, whose aim is to maximise re-election chances, would exert higher effort in providing public goods when private citizens undertake...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 06/10/2017
Identities and public policies: unintended effects of political reservations for women in India
Identity is an important determinant of economic behavior. A limitation of the existing literature is the focus on one identity dimension at a time. We show that the multiplicity of identity dimensions matters for economic behavior and that neglecting it may lead policy makers to overlook important, unintended effects of economic policies. We exploit the randomized nature of...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 03/10/2017
The cyclicality of international public sector borrowing in developing countries: does the lender matter?
The paper shows that international government borrowing from multilateral development banks is countercyclical while international government borrowing form private sector lenders is procyclical. The countercyclicality of official lending is mostly driven by the behavior of the World Bank (borrowing from regional development banks tends to be acyclical). The paper also shows that...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 03/10/2017
Exchange rate elasticity of exports and the role of institutions
The impact of institutional quality on the exchange rate-export relation is assessed in a panel of 33 countries and quarterly time period of 1991Q1 - 2016Q3. Empirical estimation is conducted in 2 steps. As a first step, using panel DOLS, FMOLS and PMG estimation techniques, it is confirmed that a negative and significant relation between exchange rates and exports exists. The...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 03/10/2017
A reappraisal of state-owned banks
We revisit the public banks debate, survey the theoretical arguments and test the robustness (and expand) the existing empirical evidence. While we find some support for the view that public banks do not allocate credit optimally, we also report indicative evidence that they exert a positive influence on private bank efficiency, and may contribute to reduce credit procyclicality....
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 03/10/2017
Comparative assessment for biogenic carbon accounting methods in carbon footprint of products: a review study for construction materials based on forest products
Institution partenaire
English / 25/09/2017
Career dynamics and gender gaps among employees in the microfinance sector
While microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level evidence on gender differences among MFI employees and MFIs' relation to economic development. We use a unique panel dataset of employees from Latin America's largest MFI to show that gender gaps favouring men for promotion exist primarily in...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 18/08/2017
Conditional FAVAR and scenario analysis for a large data: case of Tunisia
The aim of this paper is to compute the conditional forecasts of a set of variables of interest on future paths of some variables in dynamic systems. We build a large dynamic factor models for a quarterly data set of 30 macroeconomic and financial indicators. Results of forecasting suggest that conditional FAVAR models which incorporate more economic information outperform the...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 18/08/2017
Factor models for non-stationary series: estimates of monthly U.S. GDP
This paper presents a novel dynamic factor model for non-stationary data. We begin by constructing a simple dynamic stochastic general equi- librium growth model and show that we can represent and estimate the model using a simple linear-Gaussian (Kalman) filter. Crucially, consistent estimation does not require differencing the data despite it being cointe- grated of order 1. We...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 06/07/2017
Non-linearities in the relationship between finance and growth
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the links between finance and growth with a special focus on the empirical literature that has shown that the marginal contribution of financial depth to economic growth becomes negative in countries with large financial sectors (the "too much finance result"). It then assesses the empirical and theoretical validity of recent...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 08/06/2017
The determinants of excess liquidity in the banking sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The aim of this research is to identify the determinants of excess liquidity defined as excess reserves in the banking sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The empirical analysis is carried out through the use of the dynamic panel analysis based on the generalized method of moments (GMM) methodology on a dataset of 19 commercial banks operating in B&H in the period from...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 08/06/2017
Mining online community data: the nature of ideas in online communities
Ideas are essential for innovation and for the continuous renewal of a firm’s product offerings. Previous research has argued that online communities contain such ideas. Therefore, online communities such as forums, Facebook groups, blogs etc. are potential gold mines for innovative ideas that can be used for boosting the innovation performance of the firm. However, the nature of...
Institution partenaire
English / 06/06/2017
Micro, macro, and strategic forces in international trade invoicing
The use of different currencies in the invoicing of international trade transactions plays a major role in the international transmission of economic fluctuations. Existing studies argue that an exporter's invoicing choice reflects structural aspects of her industry, such as market share and the price-sensitivity of demand, the hedging of marginal costs, due for instance to the...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
/ 30/05/2017
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