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The Development and Implementation of IMF and World Bank Conditionality

Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2002

conditions seem to be influenced by contemporaneous World Bank activity. Moreover, the paper tries to explain compliance with … World Bank conditionality as well as interruptions of IMF programs in the recipient countries. Compliance with World Bank …. However, no other political factors seem to influence interruptions and compliance systematically. The paper describes the …

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IMF and Economic Growth: The Effects of Programs, Loans, and Compliance with Conditionality

Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2004

endogeneity is accounted for. There is also evidence that compliance with conditionality mitigates this negative effect, while the …

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Asymmetric Information and the Demand for Health Care - the Case of Double Moral Hazard

Schneider, Udo - EconWPA - 2004

by the patient’s compliance. A model of medical treatment is pre-sented in which both the actions of physician and …

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Trade policy, cross-border externalities and lobbies: do linked agreements enforce more cooperative outcomes?

Limão, Nuno - EconWPA - 2002

independent in the government's objective function then linkage -- the ability to use both policies to punish non- compliance in …

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

Ackerman, Frank; Mirza, Sumreen - EconWPA - 2001

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Potential Effects of Selected Taxation Provisions on the Environment

Douglas, Robert - EconWPA - 2003

To help explain some of the issues and examine the potential environmental impacts (positive and/or negative) of selected tax arrangements, the Productivity Commission sought advice from Robert Douglas, a specialist in the field. This consultant’s report makes a contribution to understanding...

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A Duty of Care for the Protection of Biodiversity on Land

Bates, Gerry - EconWPA - 2001

Development (ESD). ESD requires decision-makers to take into account economic development, the environment and social factors in …

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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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Multiple-Output Production With Undesirable Outputs: An Application to Nitrogen Surplus in Agriculture

Fernandez, Carmen; Koop, Gary; Steel, Mark F.J. - EconWPA - 2002

Many production processes yield both good outputs and undesirable ones (e.g. pollutants). In this paper, we develop a generalization of a stochastic frontier model which is appropriate for such technologies. We discuss efficiency analysis and, in particular, define technical and environmental...

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Environmental Technology Transfer in a FDI Regime A Developing Country Perspective

One, Author; Two, Author; Thirdone, U. - EconWPA - 2002

investment may come to a region or country where environment protection norms are less strict. Investors may be induced to …

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