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Modelling Possible Impacts of GM Crops on Australian Trade

Stone, Susan; Matysek, Anna; Dolling, Andrew - EconWPA - 2003

This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...

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The Effectiveness of Insurance Fraud Statutues: Evidence from Automobile Insurance

Hoyt, Robert E.; Mustard, David B.; Powell, Lars S. - EconWPA - 2005

Insurance fraud, which adds an estimated $85 billion per year to the total insurance bill in the U.S., is an extremely … serious problem for consumers, regulators, and insurance companies. This paper analyzes the effects of state legislation and … market conditions on automobile insurance fraud from 1988 to 1999, a period representing a substantial increase in the …

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STOCK MARKET VALUATION IN THE UNITED STATES

BISCIARI, Patrick; DURRE, Alain; NYSSENS, Alain - EconWPA - 2003

This paper gives an overview of some issues related to market aluation, focusing on the developments on the New York equity markets. The 42.4 p.c. fall in the S&P 500 price index between 24 March 2000 - when it reached its all-time high - and 31 December 2002 is situated in a very long term...

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Wage v/s Efficiencies II. Impact of the emergency period

Benjamin, George - EconWPA - 2005

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Wage v/s Efficiency I. Under normal circumstances

Benjamin, George - EconWPA - 2005

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Wage v/s Efficiencies II. Impact of the emergency period

BENJAMIN, GEORGE - EconWPA - 2005

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Wage v/s Efficiency I. Under normal circumstances

BENJAMIN, GEORGE - EconWPA - 2005

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Ownership, Control and Corporate Performance after Large-Scale Privatization

Hanousek, Jan; Kocenda, Evzen; Svejnar, Jan - EconWPA - 2004

We analyze the effects of ownership type and concentration on performance of a population of firms in a model large-scale privatization economy. Using specifications based on first-differences and unique instrumental variables, we find that few types of private ownership improve dynamic...

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The effect on retail charges of mergers in the GB electricity market

SALIES, Evens - EconWPA - 2005

The opening of the residential UK electricity sector in 1999 motivated several studies of its impact on both the level and structure of retail charges, and on incumbents’ market power. Using regional observations on tariffs offered in January 2004, the present paper supports previous results...

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Modularity: the foundations of an architect firm? (In French)

FRIGANT - EconWPA - 2004

The rise of the modular production in assembly industries is initially located in its capacity to manage the increasing complexity of the products. However these implications exceed this technological dimension. Many works advance that the modular production implies a reorganization of the firms...

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