El mercado de la carne se ha visto afectado por las recientes crisis alimentarias. La decisión del consumo se ve afectada por el precio, y éste por las características del producto y otros factores que pueden influir en la utilidad del consumidor. A través de la metodología de los precios...

The article analyzes the state of the energy system for the past 23 years in Kazakhstan. The main objective of the study is to conduct an econometric analysis on effective development of electric power industry of Kazakhstan for the period of 1991-2013. We justify some patterns and relationships...

The article analyzes the state of the energy system for the past 23 years in Kazakhstan. The main objective of the study is to conduct an econometric analysis on effective development of electric power industry of Kazakhstan for the period of 1991-2013. We justify some patterns and relationships...

Transportation is one of the most important sectors of Atlantic Canada’s economy. In a sense it is a backbone of the regional economy since it provides means for moving people and freight throughout the region and eventually stimulates regional economic growth and development through national...

An econometric model which has first been estimated on medal wins at Summer Olympics and has predicted 88% of medal distribution at Beijing Games 2008, is revisited for Winter Olympics. After changing some variables to take into account the winter sports specificity, the model is estimated again...

Studying the likelihood that individuals cheat requires a valid statistical measure of dishonesty. We develop an easy empirical method to measure and compare lying behavior within and across studies to correct for sampling errors. This method estimates the full distribution of lying when agents...

El mercado de la carne se ha visto afectado por las recientes crisis alimentarias. La decisión del consumo se ve afectada por el precio, y éste por las características del producto y otros factores que pueden influir en la utilidad del consumidor. A través de la metodología de los precios...

The paper discusses two partial equilibrium models, one is a synthetic model (GAPsi) and the other an econometrically estimated model (AG-MEMOD). While the synthetic model incorporates only price impacts and some shifts, the econometric model also reflects other influencing factors. Price...

We analyze a 2002 survey of Southern California residents to evaluate the relative importance of factors that affect workers’ propensity to telecommute and telecommuting frequency. The survey collected a wealth of individual demographic information as well as job type, industry, and employer...

Using data on injuries presenting at the emergency departments of participating hospitals in the Australian state of Queensland we examine the nature of injuries resulting from spousal assault and compare them to injuries from nonspousal assault and accidental injuries. We ask: who are the...