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In late 2000, the Government asked the Commission to undertake a legislation review of Clause 6 of the Competition Principles Agreement (CPA) (requiring a National Access Regime) and Part IIIA of the Trade Practice Act 1974 and report within nine months. The Commission was asked to identify the...
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In an endogenous-growth model, we consider alternative ways of providing public capital using distortionary taxes. We show that if the government provides the good, the resulting growth rate and welfare may or may not be higher than under laissez-faire. By contrast, if the government subsidizes...
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On 13 July 1998 the Treasurer referred the current and alternative funding methodologies for nursing home subsidy rates …, announced in the August 1996 Budget, included a process of ‘coalescence’, under which the different nursing home subsidy rates … Commission into differential subsidy rates. …
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efficiency- wage relation in the low wage sector. The general equilibrium effects of subsidy policies on urban unemployment and … domestic factor income are examined.The main findings in this paper shows that urban subsidy policy softens the problem of … urban unemployment ,while the rural subsidy policy aggravates this, if informal sector is linked to the international market …
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The study compares manufacturer prices in Australia and seven other countries for 150 pharmaceuticals listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), as at 30 June 2000. The comprehensive study found that prices in the USA are between 80 to 160 per cent higher than in Australia, and prices...
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We evaluate the impact of bank loans and start-up subsidies on the survival of the new firms. This work relies on the SINE94 survey that provides rich information on the entrepreneurs and their start-up projects. We use the propensity score matching methodology, in the case of multiple...
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oil subsidy domestically. The problem that faced by the government is that the compensation fund will hardly enjoyed by …
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Information intermediaries deliver information about a supplier's product. They are paid by those same suppliers they certify. This introduces conflicts of interests as the intermediaries want to retain customers by delivering truthful information about suppliers, while suppliers would want the...
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Flat – rated internet pricing is increasingly becoming the most common mode of dial - up access nowadays. However, the … always the case, both sides are probably right. This paper addresses an important issue on dial up internet access and … end and assuming flat – rated internet pricing, several interconnection models are studied. Among the metered models, the …
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and services via Internet. The remote banking becomes one of the main channels for bank services distribution. This paper … services available via Internet; online application forms; online banking application; other online/remote services. In spite … of the small number of Bulgarian banks, which offer their products and services via Internet, the research shows that …
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