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Dietrich, Franz - EconWPA - 2004

In this paper, I present and discuss a method for modelling an important trade-off faced by terrorism prevention policies: the trade-off between, on the one hand, trying to reduce people's inclination towards terrorism, and, on the other hand, trying to protect society against existing...

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Review of TCF Assistance

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...

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Work arrangements on large capital city building projects

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

The study examines the relationship between work arrangements and workplace performance on large capital building sites.

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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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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003

EconWPA; Steering Committeee for the Review of … - 2004

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 highlights the marked disparities between Indigenous and other Australians. While not the first report to assemble data on the social or economic status of Indigenous people, it is distinguished by the strategic framework within which the...

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Work arrangements in container stevedoring

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

This study examines selected work arrangements and assesses their implications for the performance of container stevedoring workplaces. The effects on employees and users of stevedoring services are also considered, and impediments to achieving improved work arrangements are analysed. This is...

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From Fault Tree to Credit Risk Assessment: A Case Study

GATFAOUI, Hayette - EconWPA - 2005

Reliability has been largely applied to industrial systems in order to study the various possibilities of systems …’ failure. The goal is to establish the chain of events leading to any system’s failure, namely the top event. Looking for the … minimal paths leading to any system’s fault allows for a better control of systems’ safety. To this end, reliability is …

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A look at the Bonferroni inequality measure in a reliability framework

Giorgi, Giovanni Maria; Crescenzi, Michele - EconWPA - 2005

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Exploration of Future Risks on the Global Market for Oil, Coal and Uranium

Arnott, Robert - EconWPA - 2005

meaning of security of supply. The following three sections deal in turn with the risks to future supply for oil, coal and …

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The Oil Supply and Demand Context for Security of Oil Supply to the EU from the GCC Countries

Skinner, Robert; Arnott, Robert - EconWPA - 2005

In examining the prospects for oil and gas supply from the GCC countries, we draw on the evidence that the supply of oil and gas from the region has been relatively reliable, notwithstanding the region’s perceived political instability. The approach taken here starts from this empirical...

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