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Finding a path in the sustainability jungle. A framework for corporate action.

Seelos, Christian - EconWPA - 2005

sustainability; and yet the lack of clear definitions has left a vacuum of corporate guidance. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR … existing market realities. By separating social responsiveness (social compliance) from social responsibility (CSR), it … regulatory institutions is emphasized. It is argued that experimenting with unfocused CSR often is a zero-sum game for society …

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U.S. Domestic Airline Pricing, 1995-2004

Borenstein, Severin - EconWPA - 2005

Between 1995 and 2004, I find that airline prices fell more than 20% adjusted for inflation. I also show that premia at hub airports declined and that there is now substantially less disparity between the cheaper and more expensive airports than there was a decade ago. Still, I find that prices...

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Preventing competition because of “solidarity”: Rhetoric and reality of airport investments in Spain

Bel, Germà; Fageda, Xavier - EconWPA - 2005

Spain is the only large European country in which airport management is strictly centralized and publicly owned. This peculiar institutional setting prevents competition among Spanish airports, and policy makers and bureaucrats in charge of the system regularly justify it on grounds of...

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U.S. Domestic Airline Pricing, 1995-2004

Borenstein, Severin - EconWPA - 2005

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The Impact of an Old Fleet on the Demand for Air Transportation: The Case of VASP Brazilian Airlines

Pinto, Bruno José Marques - EconWPA - 2005

In 05/25/1982, the VASP aircraft broke in two after a hard landing killing 2 people. The pilot's misuse of rain repellant, caused an optical illusion leading to the hard landing. Since that day, VASP started to have constant problems. A brief history about VASP is discussed. After so many...

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Getting there fast: Globalization, intercontinental flights and location of headquarters

Bel, Germà; Fageda, Xavier - EconWPA - 2005

Information exchanges across firms within cities are considered to be one of the major agglomeration forces in the regional economics literature. In addition, the quality of transport infrastructures arises as one of the major determinants in the location decisions of firms across cities and...

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Trade and International Transport Services: An Analytical Framework

Andriamananjara, Soamiely - EconWPA - 2002

International Transport Services (ITS) play an important role in influencing international trade flows. This paper develops an analytical framework in which ITS costs are endogenously determined. It shows that ITS sector liberalization foster international trade very much the same way tariff...

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PORT REORGANISATION AND THE WORLDS OF PRODUCTION THEORY

Chlomoudis, Constantinos I.; Karalis, Apostolos V.; … - EconWPA - 2003

Taking into consideration the new dimensions of port production that have become evident during the resent past, this paper tackles the issue of port reorganisation. In the light of the changes in the world economy and the new competitive environment, the paper focuses on the new structures of...

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Privatization and Regulatory Reform in Brazil: The Case of Freight Railways

Estache, Antonio; Goldstein, Andrea; Pittman, Russell - EconWPA - 2001

A variety of proposals for creating more competition within the railroad sector and in the broader freight transport sector are under consideration in countries throughout the world. Brazil, though something of a latecomer to wider infrastructure reform, has recently taken large steps in...

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Competition Policy for Natural Monopolies in a Developing Market Economy

Ordover, Janusz; Pittman, Russell; Clyde, Paul - EconWPA - 2001

Not all industries in post-socialist countries are appropriate targets for demonopolization and deregulation: as in the West, some "natural monopoly" sectors will require continued regulation to protect consumers from monopoly abuses. This paper focuses on three aspects of the design of...

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