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EFFICIENT CONTRACTS FOR CARBON CREDITS FROM REFORESTATION PROJECTS
Kerr, Suzi - EconWPA - 2004
paper begins by briefly defining the constraints that sink projects must meet. This implicitly shows the freedom we have in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407768
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Growth in the “New Economy”: U.S. Bandwidth Use and Pricing Across the 1990s
Galbi, Douglas A. - EconWPA - 2003
An acceleration in the growth of communications bandwidth in use and a rapid reduction in bandwidth prices have not accompanied the U.S. economy’s strong performance in the second half of the 1990s. Overall U.S. bandwidth in use has grown robustly throughout the 1990s, but growth has not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126336
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Communications Policy, Media Development, and Convergence
Galbi, Douglas A. - EconWPA - 2003
In the deliberations of scholars, policy analysts, and policy makers, television has exceptional power and influence. Yet the historical record shows that television has not changed the economics of attention for large populations in the course of their daily lives. By the mid- 1920s, print...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134492
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Investigating the distribution of the value of travel time savings
Fosgerau, Mogens - EconWPA - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118996
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Investigating the distribution of the value of travel time savings
Fosgerau, Mogens - EconWPA - 2004
The distribution of the value of travel time savings (VTTS) is investigated employing various nonparametric techniques …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119038
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Digital Divide in Estonia and How To Bridge It
Kalkun, Mari; Kalvet, Tarmo - EconWPA - 2004
managing one’s business independently. At the same time, regarding public sector e-services, people are certain that much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407742
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Transition in FSU and sub-Saharan countries: The role of institutions
Laurila, Juhani - EconWPA - 2002
institutions also influences economic growth and the ability of a country to attract trade and foreign direct investment …. Consequently, when institutions of FSU and sub-Saharan countries develop to the point they become attractive to traders and … commit credibly to increasing capacities of their state institutions with a view to supporting property-based rule of law and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076830
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Understanding Regulatory Environments and their Impact on Economic Change
James, Harvey; Johnson, Derek - EconWPA - 2002
We propose a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of regulatory activity based on the distinctions among boundary, conduct, and attribute regulation. The standard we use to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of regulations creating boundaries, regulating conduct, and defining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076905
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Land Inequality and the Origin of Divergence and Overtaking in the Growth Process
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - EconWPA - 2004
associated with inequality adversely affected the emergence of institutions that promote human capital accumulation. The research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125614
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Human Capital: Infrastructural and Superstructural Constraints to Economic Performance across U.S. Native American Reservations and Trust Lands
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004
The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and … resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to … institutions? What specific aspects of institutions are responsible for economic performance? This paper suggests that two broad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125631