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Implementation of ecologically sustainable development by Commonwealth departments and agencies

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

On 24 August 1998 the Treasurer referred the implementation of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) by Commonwealth departments and agencies to the Commission for inquiry and report within nine months of receipt of the reference.

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Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management

Kerr, Suzi; Newell, Richard; Sanchirico, Jim - EconWPA - 2003

fashion and that the markets are relatively efficient. We do not find major changes in participation in these fisheries as a … result of the system. We find evidence that suggests that the ITQ system is improving the profitability of fisheries in New …

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Financial Crises and the Presence of Foreign Banks

Tschoegl, Adrian E. - EconWPA - 2004

The paper distinguishes between the classic or traditional foreign banks with their emphasis on corporate and wholesale banking, and the innovators responding to transition, deregulation or crisis in emerging markets. The innovators come in three varieties—bettors, prospectors and...

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The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing

Söderbom, Måns; Teal, Francis; Wambugu, Anthony; … - EconWPA - 2004

this paper we use data from Kenya and Tanzania to estimate returns to education for manufacturing workers and examine how … convexity amongst the young. We also find evidence of increasing convexity over the 1990s in Tanzania, but remarkable stability …

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New Labor Legislation in Montenegro – Labor Law and Proposal of the General Collective Agreement

Krsmanovic, Ana - EconWPA - 2004

A key area of focus in the economic reform process and the design of a favorable business environment is labor market legislation. Montenegro has obviously failed in this area. After nearly 13 years since the beginning of the transition process, or five years since the beginning of Economic...

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The Uneasy Case for the Flat Tax

Buckley, Francis; Rasmusen, Eric - EconWPA - 1999

There is a secret paradox at the heart of social contract theories. Such theories assume that, because personal security and private property are at risk in a state of nature, subjects will agree to grant Leviathan a monopoly of violence. But what is to prevent Leviathan from turning on his...

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Of Regulatory Law

Carloff, Andy - EconWPA - 2005

Some thoughtful questions and linear answers to the economic, social, and political consequencs that comes with restrictive regulating laws. 'Regulatory law is where Socialism meets Liberalism; or what might be called the highest form of Liberalism, the lowest form of Socialism.'

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Policy Reform in Networks Infrastructure: The Case of Mexico

Tovar-Landa, Ramiro - EconWPA - 1997

This paper addresses the recent Mexico experience in the opening to competition in networks infrastructure mainly in the telecommunications sector. In spite of deregulation and privatization policies in the recent past, there are threats from regulatory failures which create obstacles in the...

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Understanding Regulatory Environments and their Impact on Economic Change

James, Harvey; Johnson, Derek - EconWPA - 2002

, conduct, and attribute regulation. The standard we use to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of regulations creating …

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Revolutionary Ideas for Radio Regulation

Galbi, Douglas A. - EconWPA - 2003

. To get needed, radical changes in radio regulation, much more attention should be directed toward central issues of … that can revolutionize radio regulation. Bringing this knowledge to life in the field of radio regulation involves asking … three questions. First, what is a good separation and balance of powers in radio regulation? Second, how should radio …

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