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Gains and losses: the same or different choices? A “non-ideal” economics approach.

Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

Ideal economics? A “non-ideal” economics approach has been proposed, which considers the possibility of arrangement infringements. It gives promises for both solving fundamental problems of economic theory and creation of new directions and fields of research. The approach application in...

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Gains and losses. The same or different choices?

Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

Arrangements (agreements, contracts, projects, etc.) are widespread economic events and are the fundamental concept of the economic theory. Infringements (breaches, modifications, changes, etc.) of arrangements are common and have a significant importance for the economic theory. For many years...

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Scientific Revolution. A Farewell to EconWPA.

Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

A revolution in economics. Is it possible? Is its concept a transition from ideal to real economics? The way to the transition may be a new aspect of uncertainty. Problems, which can be solved, research fields, which can be augmented or created, and fields of applications in practical economy...

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Review of TCF Assistance

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...

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An Empirical Test of the Dutch Disease Hypothesis using a Gravity Model of Trade

Stijns, Jean-Philippe - EconWPA - 2003

Although the core model of the Dutch Disease makes unambiguous predictions regarding the negative effect of a resource boom on a country’s manufacturing exports, the empirical literature that has followed has not clearly identified this effect. I attribute this to the failure of the existing...

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De-industrialisation III

Stanners, Walter - EconWPA - 2002

, furniture, furnishings, clothes, machines and equipment of all sorts) go together. The way people generally speak and act is in …

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Emissions Trading and Profitability: The Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry

Brannlund, Runar; Chung, Yangho; Fare, Rolf; Grosskopf, … - EconWPA - 1995

The purpose of this paper is to develop models with and without emissions trading and to compare industry profits under … the two regimes. The model in which emissions trading is permitted is a nonparametric industry frontier model in the … spirit of Fare, Grosskopf and Li (1992). It is relative to this model that industry profit is computed. This profit is …

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Trends in Australian Manufacturing

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Australian manufacturing is a picture of diversity and contrasts. This is the main finding of this paper which examines trends in the Australian manufacturing sector over the last two decades. Manufacturing output has quadrupled since the mid-1950s. The fastest growing activities have been those...

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THE NIGERIAN COAL CORPORATION: AN EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE(1960 1987)

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

YEARS. THIS PAPER THEREFORE INVESTIGATES THE MAJOR CAUSES OF THE DECLINE OF THE NIGERIA COAL INDUSTRY AND PROVIDES A …

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THE NIGERIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY(1960 - 1987)

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

THE CONCEPT OF AN INDUSTRY IS IMPORTANT FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. HERE, WE DEFINE SUGAR INDUSTRY AS GROUP OF FIRMS … INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA WAS STILL IN ITS PIONEERING STAGE. THIS PAPER THEREFORE ARGUES THAT THE STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION OF … NIGERIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY HAVE NOT INDUCED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THUS A MORE URGENT ATTENTION WAS NEEDED FROM THE POLICY …

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