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Feige, Edgar L.; Blau, David M. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper analyses the problem of natural resource scarcity and its implications for economic development and international cooperation. We examine the meaning and measurement of resource “scarcity” and its implications for economic growth and development. The paper describes the conditions...

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Cost recovery by Government agencies

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

The Commonwealth Government asked the Productivity Commisison to review cost recovery arrangements across the Government's regulatory,administrative and information agencies,and to develop guidelines for the future application of cost recovery.

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Monetary Incentive Response Effects in Contingent Valuation Mail Surveys

Wheeler, William J.; Lazo, Jeffrey K.; Heberling, Matthew T. - EconWPA - 1997

Monetary incentives are one approach for increasing response rates in contingent valuation surveys. We present the results of a case study desgined to assess the effect of incentives on response rates and respondent behavior. We compare response rates and quality of answers for five incentive...

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Spatially and Intertemporally Efficient Waste Management: The Costs of Interstate Flow Control

Ley, Eduardo; Macauley, Molly K.; Salant, Stephen W. - EconWPA - 1996

We examine the intertemporal allocation of the solid waste of cities within the United States to spatially distributed landfills and incinerators, taking into account that capacity at existing and potential landfills is scarce. Amendments have been proposed to restrict waste flows between states...

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"Basic Principles of Sustainable Development"

Harris, Jonathan M. - EconWPA - 2001

This paper explores what a critical commentary on micro principles texts might look like, examining what is to be critiqued and how to do it.

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Gross National Happiness as an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?

Tella, Rafael Di; MacCulloch, Robert - EconWPA - 2005

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The likely regional impacts of an agricultural emissions policy in New Zealand: Preliminary analysis

Sin, Isabelle; Brunton, Emma; Hendy, Joanna; Kerr, Suzi - EconWPA - 2005

Hendy and Kerr (2005b) find that an emissions charge on agricultural methane and nitrous oxide of $25 per tonne of … carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent would be likely to reduce New Zealand’s net land-use related emissions for commitment period … according to the location of animals. We then combine our emissions charge information with data on the socio …

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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004

Nigeria is going through a difficult political and economic transition after decades of independence.Yet, Nigeria remains a society rich in cultural, linguistic, religious, ethnic and political diversity. Today, the average Nigerian struggles hard to make ends meet; sees himself or herself as...

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Testing Wagner's Law for Turkey, 1960-2003

Halicioglu, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005

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INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN A WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY – THE CASE OF PORTUGAL

Manso, Jose Ramos Pires - EconWPA - 2003

The paper speaks of the technological evolution using a translog cost function for a western European country – Portugal. It begins by presenting the methodological framework, the estimation process based on the iterative Zellner method to estimate systems of seemingly unrelated regression...

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