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Structure and Power in Multilateral Negotiations: An Application to French Water Policy

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Stakeholder negotiation is an increasingly important policymaking tool. However, relatively little is understood about the relationship between the structure of the negotiating process and the effectiveness with which stakeholders can pursue their individual interests. We apply the Rausser-Simon multilateral bargaining model to a specific negotiation process involving water storage capacity and use in the upper Adour Basin in southwestern France. We focus on a coalition of three stakeholder groups with aligned but distinct interests. In addition to the standard indices of bargaining power-the distribution of political weights ("access") and players' utilities if an agreement is not reached, our analysis identifi es other less obvious sources of power. First, a coalition member may benefit when his access is reduced if the redistribution increases the access of another coalition member who has a more favorable "strategic location." Second, the interests of the coalition as a...

Economic Consequences of Mandated Grading and Food Safety Assurance: Ex Ante Analysis of the Federal Marketing Order

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The U.S. pistachio industry, located almost exclusively in California, has grown substantially over the past thirty years and now occupies an important and growing share of the world market. In recent years, a group of growers led an initiative to establish a federal marketing order, which will work to assure consistency in the quality of California pistachios and thereby increase consumer demand and confidence in the product and enhance producer returns. The marketing order, scheduled to take force in August 2005, will establish a maximum aflatoxin tolerance level, maximum limits for defects, a minimum size requirement, and mandatory inspection and certification. The intention is to provide some quality assurance to buyers so as to offset the negative consequences of concerns over the potential for a food scare affecting pistachios, as well as to reduce the odds of an aflatoxin event and a food scare affecting pistachios, and to mitigate the consequences if an event should...

Nonsubstitution Dynamic Model for Optimal Fertilizer Recommendations.

Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Nonsubstitution Dynamic Model for Optimal Fertilizer Recommendations.

U.S. Consumer Behavior over the Postwar Period: An Almost Ideal Demand System Analysis

Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000

U.S. Consumer Behavior over the Postwar Period: An Almost Ideal Demand System Analysis

Cost Economies and Market Power in U.S. Beef Packing

Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Cost Economies and Market Power in U.S. Beef Packing

The California Table Grape Commission's Promotion Program: An Evaluation

Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000

The California Table Grape Commission's Promotion Program: An Evaluation

Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices:A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses

Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices:A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses

Optimal Reserve and Export Policies for the California Almond Industry: Theory, Econometrics and Simulations

Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Optimal Reserve and Export Policies for the California Almond Industry: Theory, Econometrics and Simulations