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Transformation in Road Transport System in Bogota: An Overview

Nair, P; Kumar, Deepak - EconWPA - 2005

This article talks about how the transportation system in Bogota has been changed over the years after the introduction of the services of TRANSMILENIO. With TRANSMILENIO coming into operation, the public transit has been increased because it provides better service to the daily commuters. It...

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Financial peformance of government trading enterprises, 1997-98 to 2001-02

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

The financial performance of government trading enterprises is assessed in this report. The financial indicators and ratios used in the report cover operating performance, financial management and transactions with government. The paper covers 84 Commonwealth, State and Territory government...

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Trends in Australian Infrastructure Prices 1990-91 to 2000-01

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

This performance monitoring research report reviews infrastructure price trends in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas over the last decade. It specifically examines electricity, gas, water and sewerage, urban transport, ports, railways and telecommunications services - services which have...

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Book Review --Working with Private Sector Providers for Better Health Care: An Introductory Guide

Kumar, Deepak - EconWPA - 2005

Working with Private Sector Provider for Better Healthcare: An Introductory Guide aims to provide the most critical approach to develop strategies for working with Private Sector Participation (PSPs) for better healthcare. This Guide focuses specifically on those PSPs who operate on a for-profit...

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Jamaica’s Private Sector: A Strategy For Sustainable Hypercompetition Development

Jones, Peter W - EconWPA - 2005

In order for Jamaica to transition from a developed to developing country there needs to be developed in Jamaica a strong knowledge based economy. The literature speaks to four preconditions that lead to knowledge becoming an effective engine of growth. These are: · An economic and...

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More on Bernanke's “Bad News Principle”

Maoz, Yishay D. - EconWPA - 2005

The role that Bernanke’s Bad News Principle plays in the modern theory of investment under uncertainty is analyzed. The analysis shows that the actual investment dilemma is that by delaying investment firms trade off a higher present value of earnings for a lower present value of the...

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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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Deregulation, Restructuring and Changing R&D Paradigms in the US Electric Utility Industry

Sanyal, Paroma; Cohen, Linda R. - EconWPA - 2005

of selection and intensity. The primary findings are: First, greater deregulation and competition has a positive effect … competition and level and policies for stranded cost recovery do affect spending. Second, the response of R&D to financial and … effective retail competition may mitigate the problem of declining electricity R&D by the utilities. …

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Entry & Exit: The Lifecyle of a Hedge Fund

Gimbel, Thomas; Gupta, Francis; Pines, Dan - EconWPA - 2004

Using data from the TASS/Tremont hedge fund database, this article performs an empirical analysis of the evolution of the hedge fund industry within an industrial organization framework.

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Some Critical Provisions in the Antimonopoly Laws of Central and Eastern Europe

Pittman, Russell - EconWPA - 2001

Antimonopoly laws must contain effective provisions for the attack of exclusionary behavior by firms with market power while at the same time not attacking procompetitive behavior by entrants or incumbents. This paper suggests seven textual criteria by which a new law may be evaluated in its...

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