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Land Use and Transportation Costs in the Brazilian Amazon
Reis, Eustaquio; Weinhold, Diana - EconWPA - 2004
roads and land clearing may be much more complex. In particular, we find that decreasing transport costs in areas that have … established settlements is associated with lower rates of land clearing. Constructing roads into relatively pristine areas …
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Progress in rail reform
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001
On 5 August 1998 the Treasurer referred progress in rail reform for inquiry and report within 12 months. The Commission is to identify progress made in rail reform, as well as areas which could be subject to further reforms and the benefits of pursuing further reforms, and is to differentiate...
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managing design complexity
vassilakis, spyros - EconWPA - 2002
complexity in improving cost, quality, variety, and time--to--market performance variables. Management of design complexity is …
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Resources Used to Produce Individual Development Accounts in the First Two Years of the Experimental Program of the American Dream Demonstration at the Community Action Project of...
Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001
achieve their intended purposes cost-effectively. Financial benefit-cost analysis is a key part of this evaluation, and the … estimates of resource use in this paper are key inputs to the financial benefit-cost analysis. Financial costs are estimated … estimates of cost from the point of view of society as a whole (about $53,000 for 1998 and about $135,000 for 1999) and acts as …
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Payment systems efficiency, policy approaches, and the role of the central bank
Khiaonarong, Tanai - EconWPA - 2004
enhancing than the competitive and public service policy alternatives, due to higher cost-reducing effects, stronger private …
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managing design complexity
vassilakis, spyros - EconWPA - 2002
complexity in improving cost, quality, variety, and time--to--market performance variables. Management of design complexity is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412910
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Value Creation and Profit Optimization
Winther, K. Tobias - EconWPA - 2002
it the cost: the following step is to analyze the cost structure and understand how it scales with market size. (6) By …
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