The incorporation of experience curves has enhanced the treatment of technological change in models used to evaluate … the cost of climate and energy policies. However, the set of activities that experience curves are assumed to capture is … much broader than the set that can be characterized by learning-by-doing, the primary connection between experience curves …

In this paper we look at the similarity of trade structures in an integrating area. In particular, we analyse the … appropriateness of different classes of similarity indices - correlation indices and distance metrics - opting for the use of the Bray …-Curtis semi-metric to assess changes in the trade similarity. We examine its evolution over time - from 1989 to 2001 - considering …

compare two types of contracts: a deforestation performance-based contract and a conditional avoided deforestation … information rent/efficiency trade-off. If the contract is performance-based (resp. conditionality-based), information rents are …

positive effect of ownership concentration on firm performance matters more in countries with weak investor protection and that … private domestic ownership leads to higher performance. …

provides an empirical analysis on how individuals’ relative income position affects their performance. Using a unique data set … income differences within a team, the worse the performance of the soccer players is. The more the players are integrated in …