A central result in the theoretical literature on strategic trade is the ‘rent-shifting hypothesis’, the idea that government’s can employ trade policy as a precommitment device to transfer profit from foreign to domestic firms. To our knowledge, however, the rent-shifting hypothesis remains untested empirically. This paper constructs a theory-based empirical test of rent-shifting behavior that...

The methods for spatial data analysis are often based on the assumption of stationarity of the estimated parameters (Besag, 1974; Cressie, 1993). This hypothesis is patently violated when the data are characterized by information relative to predefined but unknown sub-groups of the reference population. It is clear that for spatial data which follow this hypothesis, the main analytic issue is, ...

Özetçe. E-fatura sisteminin zorunlu hale getirilmesiyle birlikte kullanımı oldukça yaygınlaşmıştır. Bu da beraberinde yazılımsal bir yük ortaya çıkarmaktadır. e-Fatura Schematron kurallarının kontrolü de bu yükün önemli bir kısmını oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmada e-Fatura Schematron kurallarının tek bir XSLT dosyasında çalıştırılması ile her bir kuralın farklı XSLT dosyalarında çalıştırılma perfo...

Genetic differences among major types of wheat are well characterized; however, little is known about how these distinctions affect the small molecule profile of the wheat seed. Ethanol/water (65% v/v) extracts of seed from 45 wheat lines representing 3 genetically distinct classes, tetraploid durum (Triticum turgidum subspecies durum) (DW) and hexaploid hard and soft bread wheat (T. aestivum s...

Pasta is traditionally manufactured using only durum wheat semolina, but it is possible to incorporate other flours or ingredients into pasta in order to increase its nutritional value to the consumer, compared to conventional pasta. For this reason, pasta was prepared substituting durum wheat semolina with 15% of enriched dietary fibre flours (Glucagel, inulin Raftiline® HPX, inulin Raftiline®...

Entomopathogenic Myrmicinosporidium durum Hölldobler, 1933, a fungus known to exploit several ant species, is reported for the first time in five countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, and Turkey. The discovery of the fungus in Anatolia significantly widens its known distribution. In addition, this fungal parasite was found to utilize two hitherto unknown host species: Tetr...

Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) is a leading cereal grain whose primary use is the production of semolina and pasta. Its rich culinary relationship to humans is related, in part, to its very hard kernel texture. This very hard texture is due to the loss of the Puroindoline genes that were eliminated during the allopolyploid formation of T. turgidum approximately 0.5 million years ago...