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Poverty, Inequality and Permeability to Globalization Effects : A Study of Select Villages in Udalguri Subdivision of Assam
Mishra, SK; Daimari, Prasen - EconWPA - 2005
reality that makes the rural areas of India impermeable to the effects of globalization. To exploit the possibilities and …Globalization is a deliberate decision to open up a national economy to the forces of product, factor and money markets … regime and went in for globalization in the early 1990’s. However, globalization of the Indian Economy has been defensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119015
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Manipulated, Misled, Ignored, Abused: Residential Consumer Experience with Electric Deregulation in the United Kingdom
Jewell, Kevin - EconWPA - 2004
jumped after deregulation, and new types of complaints such as unauthorized switching of service (“slamming”) arose. Failure … existing customer base. Higher prices for low- income consumers: Since deregulation begain in 1990, there has been a marked …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076594
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Stochastic programming in energy
Wallace, Stein W.; Fleten, Stein-Erik - EconWPA - 2002
both traditional cost minimization models and newer models that reflect industry deregulation processes. The oldest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125661
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A Proposal to Promote Local Competition: The LoopCo Plan
Morris, Roy - EconWPA - 1998
The LoopCo Plan, which uses market mechanisms to promote competition, is the best approach to restructuring the telecommunications market, say its proponents, who object to the requirements and to-date implementation of the Telecommunications Act of l996. The local-loop's spin-off 's consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126025
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Reformas Regulatórias e Reestruturação no Setor Elétrico
Pinto, Bruno José Marques - EconWPA - 2005
The paper examines the economic and regulatory factors that led to an explosion in the wholesale power prices, supply shortages, and utility insolvencies in California’s electricity sector. A necessary first step in determining the lessons learned from the California electricity crisis is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126483
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Reformas Regulatórias e Reestruturação no Setor Elétrico
Pinto, Bruno José Marques - EconWPA - 2005
The paper examines the economic and regulatory factors that led to an explosion in the wholesale power prices, supply shortages, and utility insolvencies in California’s electricity sector. A necessary first step in determining the lessons learned from the California electricity crisis is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134444
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From Financial Liberalization to Banking Failure: Starting on the Wrong Foot?
Fischer, Klaus P.; Smaoui, Houcem - EconWPA - 1997
In this paper we attempt to identify the characteristics of banks that are most likely to be at the origin of a banking crisis following a financial liberalization (FL) process. We do this analysis in response to the observed fact that FL processes arse often followed by banking crisis that cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134840
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407820
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Does Inefficiency Justify Privatization? The Case of Intermediate Industry Monopolies
Glomm, Gerhard; Mendez, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
We use an infinitely lived agent model in which an intermediate good is provided either by a public or a private monopolist to study the effects of privatization on steady state levels of income. We allow for public sector inefficiencies(x-inefficiency) which shift down the intermediate goods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412752
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Broadband: Europe needs more than DSL
Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2005
Efficient broadband technologies such as DSL, fibre, cable modem, powerline communications, UMTS, WLAN or WiMax are powerful locational factors for an economy. Europe in particular should promote broadband communication further to tap into its growth potential. But given the prevailing ownership...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412897