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Progress in the competitive agenda in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2009
processing operations / A. Thomas Bozzo -- 16. Do differences in facility-specific mail processing unit costs have implications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851656
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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2007
: initial estimates of indirect costs / Thomas F. Stinson -- The economic cost of disasters : permanent or ephemeral? / Matthew … benefits and costs of prevention / Lester B. Lave, Jay Apt and Granger Morgan -- Risk and economic costs of a terrorist attack …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420039
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International handbook on economic regulation
Parker, David (contributor); Crew, Michael A. (contributor) - 2006
Michael Crew and David Parker have compiled a comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed analytical work on leading research issues in the economics of regulation. With contributions from international specialists in economic regulation, the Handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851346
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Competition policies and consumer welfare : corporate strategies and consumer prices in developing countries
Achy, Lahcen (contributor); Joekes, Susan P. (contributor) - 2016
making recommendations to policymakers to improve them. When competition is weak or compromised, extra costs are imposed on … those markets, which not only softens a firms' incentive to improve the efficiency of their operations and the quality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419893
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Public procurement for innovation
Edquist, Charles (contributor) - 2015
'This is a very timely book! Public procurement for innovation has become a prominent tool of demand-side innovation policy in recent years. A better understanding of the underlying assumptions and intentions, as well as the opportunities of this bundle of instruments and their limitations, is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850565
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Regulation, deregulation, reregulation : institutional perspectives
Ménard, Claude (contributor); Ghertman, Michel (contributor) - 2009
Building on Oliver Williamson's original analysis, the contributors introduce new ideas, different perspectives and provide tools for better understanding changes in the approach to regulation, the reform of public utilities, and the complex problems of governance. They draw largely upon a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851101
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Economics and the future : time and discounting in private and public decision making
Pannell, David J. (contributor);  … - 2006
Economics and the Future tackles the discounting issue from a number of angles, ranging from relatively short-term private financial decisions, to very long-term public issues spanning generations. The authors present differing perspectives and original ideas in a style that remains accessible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851501
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The economy as a process of valuation
Samuels, Warren J.; Medema, Steven G.; Schmid, Alfred Allan - 1997
The Economy as Process of Valuation sheds new light on the potential benefits of concept and theory formation along dynamic and evolutionary lines for understanding economic processes. The emphasis is on aspects of the economy as a process of valuation rather than as a mechanistic result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473949
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Modelling the costs of environmental policy : a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment
Dellink, Rob B. - 2005
costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be properly assessed in an applied model? Using an original … to study the costs of various environmental policies including climate change, acidification, eutrophication, smog … cost-effective manner, the economic costs of these policies can be effectively limited through a combination of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474004
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Transport project evaluation : extending the social cost-benefit approach
Haezendonck, Elvira (contributor) - 2007
This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost-benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limited financial resources that governments are able to invest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420032