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Polar Bear Population Forecasts: A Public-Policy Forecasting Audit
Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C.; Soon, Willie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The extinction of polar bears by the end of the 21st century has been predicted and calls have been made to list them as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The decision on whether or not to list rests upon forecasts of what will happen to the bears over the 21st Century....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836045
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An optimization-based framework for modeling counterterrorism strategies
Eiselt, H.A.; Bhadury, Joy; Burkey, Mark L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The paper introduces the subject of terrorism and counterterrorism by means of a two-person bimatrix game that provides some insight into the behavior of the two players. We then examine three important areas in counterterrorism tasks: the detection of terrorist cells and how to render them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421992
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NASH SOLUTION AND UNCERTAIN DISAGREEMENT POINTS
CHUN, Y.; THOMSON, W. - University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research … - 1988
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005503966
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Global warming: Forecasts by scientists versus scientific forecasts
Green, Kesten C.; Armstrong, J. Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group One, a panel of experts established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, issued its Fourth Assessment Report. The Report included predictions of dramatic increases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260213
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Topological complexity of manifolds of preferences
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1986
The problem of endowing preferences with manifold structures emerged from discussions with Gerard Debreu in 1975 . Time has shown that such structures can be useful in understanding the behavior of economic systems . In Chichilnisky (1976) spaces of smooth preferences were endowed with a Hilbert...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623317
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The scientist and the church
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836969
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Metody dostarczania towarów przez polskie sklepy internetowe – wyniki badań
Chodak, Grzegorz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this article the results of surveys realized in 607 Polish e-shops were presented. First part of this word characterizes online stores in the context of number of purchases. The main part of article shows the analysis concerning methods of delivering purchases in Polish online stores. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258140
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Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change
Foster, John; Bell, William Paul; Wild, Phillip; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
transmission and distribution infrastructure due to climate change requiring the deployment of technology to defer investment in … transmission and distribution; lacking mechanisms to develop a diversified portfolio of generation technology and energy sources to … electricity prices are investment in transmission and distribution and fossil fuel prices. Peak demand drives the investment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258290
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Households' saving mobility in Poland
Liberda, Barbara; Peczkowski, Marek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
distribution of households according to the saving rates. Our results show that the long term households’ distribution reveals a … 1997-2000 and 2007-2010 the long term change in the distribution of households was asymmetrical toward the highest saving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259111
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Pareto-Efficiency, Hayek’s Marvel, and the Invisible Executor
Kakarot-Handtke, Egmont - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
information processing through the price system, and distribution. The point of entry is a transparent example of Pareto …
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