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Murtough, Greg; Aretino, Barbara; Matysek, Anna - EconWPA - 2002

Ecosystem services are the functions performed by ecosystems that lead to desirable environmental outcomes, such as air and water purification, drought and flood mitigation, and climate stabilisation. Markets rarely exist for them. This study examines how newly defined property rights have been...

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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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Single-desk marketing: assessing the economic arguments

Gropp, Lisa; Hallam, Tom; Manion, Vince - EconWPA - 2002

Single-Desk Marketing: Assessing the Economic Arguments identifies the potential benefits and costs and the strengths and weakness of various arguments in favour of current single-desk arrangements. It does not attempt to quantify the costs and benefits of arrangements in any particular industry.

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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 …, the introduction of GM technology into the non-wheat grains and oilseeds sectors will have minimum impact on Australia …

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International benchmarking of the Australian waterfront

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

This study is part of a continuing program of research into the performance of economic infrastructure industries, which was commenced by the Bureau of Industry Economics. It is the third Waterfront Benchmarking report in the cycle. The study builds on the two previous waterfront studies by...

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International benchmarking of container stevedoring

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

Productivity at Australian container terminals has improved significantly in absolute terms since 1997 according to this international benchmarking study. For the sample of ship calls and terminals studied, productivity improved also in relative terms. The productivity improvement at Australian...

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Is Liquidity Reflected in Bond Yields? Evidence from the Euro Corporate Bond Market

Houweling, Patrick; Mentink, Albert; Vorst, Ton - EconWPA - 2002

to control for other sources of risk. Yields are used to measure the bonds' expected returns and liquidity is …

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Environmental and Natural Resource Degradation in Intensive Agriculture in Bangladesh

Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2004

and that it may be damaging to the environment or to other productive sectors. Rising average yields and rising production … rising input levels, yields have been declining or stagnant on about two-thirds of the area planted to modern varieties in … yields, even under good management and with full recommended doses of all nutrients being applied. Farmer perceptions also …

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