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Cost savings of contracting out refuse collection

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond - EconWPA - 2004

The article discusses the possible cost savings of contracting out refuse collection in the Netherlands. According to foreign econometric studies, contracting out refuse collection leads to cost savings of approximately 20%. Our findings indicate that similar cost savings apply to the...

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Stata Module to Check for Availability of Variables

DIALLO, Amadou Bassirou - EconWPA - 2005

checkfor is a routine to check for existence of a list of variables within a data set. checkfor searchs through the … data whether the variable exists. If it does not, a message is issued. If it does, the program looks for missings structure. …

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Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002

Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - EconWPA - 2003

of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources constructed by 18 different organizations. We assign these individual … data given the estimated margins of errors. The data, as well as a web-based graphical interface, are available at www …

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REINSURANCE, TAXES AND EFFICIENCY: A CONTINGENT CLAIMS MODEL OF INSURANCE MARKET EQUILIBRIUM

GARVEN, James R.; Louberge, Henri - EconWPA - 1994

This paper presents an analytical model of underwriting capacity and insurance market equilibrium under an asymmetric corporate tax schedule. It is shown that reinsurance markets enable risk-neutral insurers to allocate tax shields to those firms that have the greatest capacity for utilizing...

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