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’s investment of endogenous size. Using a real option approach in continuous time, we show that profit sharing does not affect a … total investment. We also evaluate the reduction in the firm’s value due to profit sharing, linking this reduction to the …
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-time investment in damage-control technology and subsequently decides on a desirable dynamic emissions policy. Adopting the robust … optimal investment in damage control is always increasing in the degree of uncertainty, thus confirming the conventional PP … cost of damage-control technology is low enough, damage-control investment and mitigation may act as substitutes and a PP …
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magnitude of tax revenue receipts. A framework is presented for risk management of daily tourist tax revenues for the Maldives … tourist arrivals and their growth rate is analogous to the volatility (or dynamic risk) in financial returns. In this paper …
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the risk and return characteristics of stocks through the massive accompanying advertising campaigns– boosted demand for …
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How does future income uncertainty affect child labour and human capital accumulation? Using a unique panel dataset, we examine the effect of changes in climate variability on the allocation of time among child labour activities (the intensive margin) as well as participation in education and...
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This paper estimates the returns to household income due to improved access to electricity in rural India. We examine the effect of connecting a household to the grid and the quality of electricity, defined as hours of daily supply. The analysis is based on two rounds of a representative panel...
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This paper uses a dynamic CGE model to assess the intertemporal and spatial dimension of technology spillovers embodied in international trade within a climate and trade policy framework. Three are the main contributions of the study. First, to include endogenous factor-biased technical change...
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Human-generated greenhouse gases depend on the level of economic activity. Therefore, most climate change studies are based on models and scenarios of economic growth. Economic growth itself, however, is likely to be affected by climate change impacts. These impacts affect the economy in...
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The industrial organization of developing countries is characterized by the pervasive use of subcontracting arrangements among small, financially constrained firms. This paper asks whether vertical integration relaxes those financial constraints. It shows that vertical integration trades off the...
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assessment of benefits, on the way to deal with climate change, on the spatial variability of weather and on the interactions …
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