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Implications of the Economics of Religion to the Empirical Economic Research

Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003

This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to secularization thesis, the importance of beliefs and religious activities should weaken as education, scientific knowledge and economic welfare increases. That hypothesis has been...

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Were Cobb and Douglas Prejudiced? A Critical Re-analysis of their 1928 Production Model Identification

Los, Cornelis A. - EconWPA - 2005

In 1928 Cobb and Douglas (C&D) presented a system analysis which established the first empirically identified production model, which forms the foundation for Solow's growth theory and research into productivity growth factors, such as 'technological progress ' and 'human capital development '....

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Institutional Economics at the Micro Level? What Transaction Costs Theory Could Listen From Original Institutionalism (In the Spirit of Building Bridges)

Pessali, Huascar; Fernandez, Ramon - EconWPA - 2005

Inertia in academia sometimes obstructs the development of important insights. That is one reason for the specially long gap separating Coase's seminal paper [1937] that laid the foundations of current Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and the efforts of scholars to develop his ideas. But as TCE...

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Political renegotiation of regulatory contracts

Aubert, Cecile; Laffont, Jean- Jacques - EconWPA - 2005

Governmental contracts may be renegotiated after political changes. Current governments can anticipate this and strategically distort contracts to influence renegotiation outcomes. In this sequential common agency game, the initial contract impacts elements of the renegotiation process: outside...

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Reform of Building Regulation

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

Government to examine the contribution that national reform of building regulation has made and further reform could make to the … in reform of building regulation and to negotiate a new Intergovernmental Agreement. The agreement would clarify the … objectives of building regulation reform; strengthen the commitment to national consistency; and also affirm the importance of a …

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Constraints on Private Conservation of Biodiversity

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

arrangements ¡X particularly relating to land tenure, competitive neutrality, native wildlife regulation and taxation frameworks ¡X … frameworks are characterised by extensive and often complex legislation and regulation. At times, the interpretation or … application of the frameworks, or of specific legislation or regulation may be uncertain. Further, the legislation and regulation …

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Creating markets for ecosystem services

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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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 been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...

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The Introduction of Price Signals into Land Use Planning

Cheshire, Paul; Sheppard, Stephen - EconWPA - 2004

, including some with systems of land use regulation which evolved entirely independently of the British. The paper starts by …

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Rules of Origin under the Australia–New Zealand CER Trade Agreement

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Rules of origin arrangements under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) were referred to the Commission for examination and report by May 2004. The request stemmed from concerns that Australian and New Zealand firms were having difficulty achieving the...

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