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The influence of neighbourhood effects on education decisions in a nationally funded education system : the case of Australia

Overman, Henry G.; Heath, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

used US data. We argue that the local nature of the US schooling system means that neighbourhood effects on education … neighbourhood effects in an environment where the level of school funding is independent of neighbourhood composition. We identify …

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Auctioning conservation contracts in the presence of externalities

Calel, Raphael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Current models of conservation auctions do not permit for the presence of environmental externalities and synergies … environmental externalities. Clearly, our models do not tell the whole story, and they consequently fail to identify waste and … inefficiency in these auctions. Our paper shows how externalities between bidders can be incorporated into our models of …

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Externalities in the matching of workers and firms in Britain

Burgess, Simon; Profit, Stefan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

We provide empirical evidence on the nature of spatial externalities in a matching model for the UK. We use a monthly …

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Valuation and evaluation: measuring the quality of life and evaluating policy

Dasgupta, Partha - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper is about measuring social well-being and evaluating policy. Part I is concerned with the links between the two, while Parts II and III, respectively, are devoted to the development of appropriate methods of measuring and evaluating. In Part II (Sections 4-7) I identify a minimal set...

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Optimal control of externalities in the presence of income taxation

Kaplow, Louis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

AA substantial literature examines second-best environmental policy, focusing particularly on how the Pigouvian directive that marginal taxes should equal marginal external harms needs to be modified in light of the preexisting distortion due to labor income taxation. Additional literature is...

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Financial intermediation, variability and the development process

Carranza, Luis; Galdón-Sánchez, Jose E. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

In this paper we have built a model of financial intermediation that explains the GDP variability pattern of an economy during the development process. In our model, per capita is more volatile in the middle-income economies than in both low and high-income economies. We show that, if the model...

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Mobility and school disruption

Gibbons, Stephen; Telhaj, Shqiponja - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

disruptive externalities of mobility are statistically significant, but actually very small in terms of their educational impact …

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Sustainability and well-being indicators

Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper provides a review and critical discussion of indicators, which attempt to combine the measurement of sustainability with that of well-being. It starts with some commonly agreed definitions of sustainability, showing how most well-being indicators tell us little if anything at all...

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Integrated EUA and CER price modeling and application for spread option pricing

Barrieu, Pauline; Fehr, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

In this paper we propose a market consistent futures price dynamics model for cap-andtrade schemes, designed in the spirit of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Historical price dynamics for the EU ETS suggest that, both, European emission Allowances (EUAs) and Certified...

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Pollution permits, strategic trading and dynamic technology adoption

Moreno-Bromberg, Santiago; Taschini, Luca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper analyzes the dynamic incentives for technology adoption under a transferable permits system, which allows for strategic trading on the permit market. Initially, firms can invest both in low-emitting production technologies and trade permits. In the model, technology adoption and...

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