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The Value of Online Information Privacy: An Empirical Investigation

Hann, Il-Horn; Hui, Kai-Lung; Lee, Tom S.; Png, I.P.L. - EconWPA - 2003

Concern over online information privacy is widespread and rising. However, prior research is silent about the value of information privacy in the presence of potential benefits from sharing personally identifiable information. We analyzed individuals' trade-offs between the benefits and costs of...

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The Valuation of the IJmeer Nature Reserve using Conjoint Analysis

Baarsma, Barbara E. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper describes an application of conjoint analysis. The subject of the valuation study is the IJmeer nature reserve, which will be partly destroyed when the new residential area IJburg is built. This paper addresses the following question: ‘What is the extent of the loss of green and...

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Socio-economic status, sexual behavior, and differential AIDS mortality Evidence from Cˆote d’Ivoire

Grimm, Michael; Cogneau, Denis - EconWPA - 2004

Lack of knowledge about differential AIDS mortality seriously hampers the study of the economic impact of AIDS in … educated people have a higher risk of dying of AIDS, because they are more likely to have several sexual partners. This effect … the socio-economic characteristics of low and high risk groups seems indispensable to set up adequate AIDS prevention and …

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AIDS and income distribution in Africa. A micro-simulation study for Cˆote d’Ivoire

Grimm, Michael; Cogneau, Denis - EconWPA - 2004

We develop a demo-economic micro-simulation model able to simulate over a fifteen years period the impact of AIDS on … household and individual incomes. When focusing on the labor supply effects of over- mortality, the main effect of AIDS in Cˆote … conclusions do not seem to depend on the degree of heterogeneity and clustering of the HIV/AIDS-infections over the population. …

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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR:NIGERIA

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

GOOD HEALTH IS A CRUCIAL PART OF WELL-BEING BUT SPENDING ON HEALTH CAN BE JUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS. THE GOAL OF REDUCING POVERTY PROVIDES A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL CASE FOR HEALTH INVESTMENTS. HOWEVER, IF POLICYMAKERS ARE TO ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES,...

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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades,...

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Global Diseases, Global Patents and Differential Treatment in WTO Law

Sinha, Tapen; Condon, Bradly J - EconWPA - 2005

As of January 1, 2005, all developing country members of the WTO are required to implement the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). We analyze the issue of access to patented medicine to treat global and neglected diseases in developing countries in the context of...

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MODELLING HOUSEHOLD CHOICES OF DWELLING AND LOCAL PUBLIC

Colombino, Ugo; Locatelli, Marilena - EconWPA - 2004

In this paper we present some results of a research project to develop and estimate a micro-econometric model of residential choice. The model is applied to a sample of Italian chief towns of district. The choice is assumed to depend on household characteristics, income, structural and...

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Optimal Monetary Policy under Heterogeneous Expectations

Gomes, Orlando - EconWPA - 2004

Monetary policy has an important role in the determination of the inflation rate and the output gap time trajectories. Monetary authorities should choose the nominal interest rate time path that best serves the goals of price stability (primarily) and output growth (as a consequence of the...

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Product Variety under Brand Influence: An Empirical Investigation of Personal Computer Demand

HUI, Kai-Lung - EconWPA - 2002

Prior research suggests that brand may influence consumer preference for differentiated products. However, the extant literature does not measure how brand value affects product similarity and consumer choice. This paper examines demand response to the proliferation of personal computers (PCs)....

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