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Responsiveness of Demand for Irrigation Water: A Focus on the Southern Murray-Darling Basin
Appels, D.; Douglas, R.; Dwyer, G. - EconWPA - 2005
horticulture — to gain a greater understanding of the value that farmers place on water as an input. The paper provides detail …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118891
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Industries, land use and water quality in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003
In August 2002, the Commission was asked to look at the economic and social importance of the different industries in the Great Barrier Reef and its catchment. The Commission also would evaluate the costs and benefits of actions to address declining water quality which currently threatens the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118947
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Market Information and Price Instability : An Insight into Vegetable Markets in Senegal
David-Benz, Hélène; Wade, Idrissa; Egg, Johny - EconWPA - 2005
Market gardening has been increasing fast in Senegal. But farmers face high marketing risks: daily price fluctuations exceed an average 20% for some products, seasonality is strong, anticipation based on prices leads to cyclic movements. Farmers and market operators have found various forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561831
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Environmental Shareholder Value Matrix. Konzeption, Anwendung und Berechnung
Figge, Frank; Hahn, Tobias - EconWPA - 2004
Der Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltmanagement und Shareholder Value ist in den letzten Jahren Thema einer Vielzahl von … Publikationen gewesen. Dass gutes Umweltmanagement grundsätzlich auch Shareholder Value schaffen kann, ist heute weitgehend …. Hierdurch wird deutlich, ob und wie das Umweltmanagement Shareholder Value schafft. Die Studie zeigt außerdem, wie der Beitrag …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062488
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Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement. Keine Nachhaltigkeit ohne ökonomischen Erfolg. Kein ökonomischer Erfolg ohne Nachhaltigkeit
Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004
Die Studie „Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement“ betrachtet den Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltaspekten und Unternehmenswert … Environmental Shareholder Value auf und zeigt, wie betriebliches Umweltmanagement positiv auf die Werttreiber des Shareholder Value … betriebliche Umweltmanagement sicherstellen muss, dass Unternehmen auf zukünftige „ökologische“ Herausforderungen reagieren können …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407755
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556154
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Environmental management: analytical approximate solutions to the problem of detecting optimal random audit schemes
Ferretti, Paola - EconWPA - 2004
In the contest of environmental management, the problem of minimizing the expected cost due to random checking processes and a possible failure is here addressed. Non-homogeneous Poisson checking processes with continuous non-decreasing intensity are considered, leading to the explicit detection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118638
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The Role of Auctions in Allocating Public Resources
Chan, Chris; Laplagne, Patrick; Appels, David - EconWPA - 2003
This paper provides an economic framework within which to consider the effectiveness and limitations of auction markets. The paper looks at the use of auctions as a policy instrument and the effects of auction design on consumer interests, the efficient allocation of resources, and industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561841
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The Iberian Tigers versus The Celtic Tiger: Economic Growth Paths in an Economic History Perspective
Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003
The years following the Second World War were those of the greatest economic growth that Europe had ever seen. If the countries of the Iberian Peninsula, neutral in the conflict and ruled by dictatorial regimes, enjoyed that growth and had participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076554
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Tax system and reforms in Europe: Spain
Tondani, Davide - EconWPA - 2005
This paper aims at discussing the main features of Spain’s tax system, its recent reforms and those underway. The … current state of the main taxes, their future reforms are studied starting from 1975, when Spain shifted to democracy. Direct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076576