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Measuring Benefits, Tracing Distributional Effects, and Affecting Distributional Outcomes

Londero, Elio H - EconWPA - 2004

This paper shows the differences between how benefits are estimated and how they are distributed, calls attention to the policy variables that are crucial in explaining certain distributional outcomes, explores the importance of looking at the demand for characteristics when trying to benefit...

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Adjustment of the WACC with Subsidized Debt in the Presence of Corporate Taxes: the N-Period Case

Velez-Pareja, Ignacio; Tham, Joseph; Fernandez, Viviana - EconWPA - 2005

In the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) applied to the free cash flow (FCF), we assume that the cost of debt is the market, unsubsidized rate. With debt at the market rate and perfect capital markets, debt only creates value in the presence of taxes through the tax shield. In some cases,...

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Poverty Targeting Classifications and Distributional Effects

Londero, Elio H - EconWPA - 2004

This paper reviews two common definitions of poverty targeted projects, discusses the limitations of poverty targeting classifications, calls for a poverty focused cost-benefit analysis that looks at the main policy constraints affecting the distribution of project benefits, and argues for...

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"Waste in the Inner City: Asset or Assault?"

Ackerman, Frank; Mirza, Sumreen - EconWPA - 2001

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A Model of Demographic and Economic Processe Interaction

Olenev, Nicholas; Sarancha, Dmitry - EconWPA - 2003

in education, (ii) the production level depends on the education level, and (iii) the pollution ia directly prportional …

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Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

There are significant differences in the way water rights are defined, allocated and administered in Australia and overseas. This paper includes comparisons of the arrangements for managing water rights against accepted best practice principles for South Au stralia, Queensland, NSW, Victoria...

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Industrialization and Infant Mortality

Federman, Maya; Levine, David I. - EconWPA - 2005

. At the same time, pollution from factories appears quite harmful to infants. The overall effect was slightly higher …

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POLLUTION AND WELFARE IN THE PRESENCE OF INFORMAL SECTOR: IS THERE ANY TRADE-OFF?

Chaudhuri, Sarbajit - EconWPA - 2005

the informal manufacturing sector creates pollution, higher the use of informal sector product, higher is the pollution … created and higher the discrepancy between actual and permissible levels of pollution, so that the emission tax payable by the … formal sector is also higher. The efficiency of a representative worker is inversely related to the level of pollution. In …

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State-owned Banks as Competition Enhancers, or the Grand Illusion

Bichsel, Robert; Spielmann, Christian - EconWPA - 2004

We analyze the role of state-ownership in the banking sector from the perspective of competition. Considering both the … charge and/or offer relatively customer friendly interest rates? And (iii) is competition intensified by the conduct and …

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STRATEGY, COMPETITION AND DIVERSIFICATION IN EUROPEAN AND MEXICAN BANKING

Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo; Wood, Douglas - EconWPA - 2002

applications were perceived as an important force to modify competition in bank markets. …

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