This article analyzes how value chains play a role in the political economy of agricultural and food policy by (1) discussing historical insights; (2) reviewing an emerging literature on trade drawing implications for policy; (3) market power issues with increasing concentration agri-food its government regulations; (4) presenting case study recent regulations that have explicitly targeted chai...

In this paper, we explore how contract structure is influenced by relational capabilities developed in cross-boundary innovation-based relationships. Differing from other studies, we focus on the organizational positions, roles, and responsibilities of the parties involved. We hypothesize that as technical personnel gain contracting experience with an exchange partner, their focus on value crea...

Tables A-1 and A-2 explain how data are derived from futures prices. Panels are based on the following periods: 6/10/88-11/9/88, 1/22/92-11/4/92, 6/21/94-11/9/94, 1/2/96-11/6/96, 2/3/9811/4/98, 1/3/00-11/10/00, 7/20/02-11/6/02. These periods start on the first day in which at least one bond futures price and one election futures contract price are observed within the year of the election and th...