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Intertemporal Price Discrimination in Storable Goods Markets
Hendel, Igal - 2011
We study intertemporal price discrimination when consumers can store for future consumption needs. To make the problem tractable we offer a simple model of demand dynamics, which we estimate using market level data. Optimal pricing involves temporary price reductions that enable sellers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461669
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Alternatives for growth : the engineering and economics of natural resources development : a conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research
MacMains, Harvey J. (ed.); Wilcox, Lyle (contributor) - 1978
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000062504
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Commodity Trade Matters
Fally, Thibault - 2018
Primary commodities are used as inputs into all production processes, yet they account for approximately 16 percent of world trade. Despite their share in trade, we show that the aggregate gains from trade are largely understated if we ignore key features of commodities: low price elasticities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480618
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An Economic Rationale for the African Scramble : The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1845-1885
Frankema, Ewout - 2015
This is the first study to present a unified quantitative account of African commodity trade in the long 19th century from the zenith of the Atlantic slave trade (1790s) to the eve of World War II (1939). Drawing evidence from a new dataset on export and import prices, volumes, composition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457454
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Commodity Trade and the Carry Trade : a Tale of Two Countries
Ready, Robert - 2013
Persistent differences in interest rates across countries account for much of the profitability of currency carry trade strategies. "Commodity currencies'' tend to have high interest rates while low interest rate currencies belong to exporters of finished goods. This pattern arises in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459290
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Monetary Rules for Commodity Traders
Catão, Luis - 2012
We develop a dynamic model of a small open economy that trades commodities whose world prices are subject to realistic random fluctuations, and study the implications of monetary policy alternatives. The model is much more flexible than those of previous studies, especially in allowing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460124
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The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management
Kinnaman, Thomas C. - 1999
This paper provides a broad overview of recent trends in solid waste and recycling, related public policy issues, and … the economics literature devoted to these topics. Public attention to solid waste and recycling has increased dramatically … makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities. Economists have also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471458
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Garbage and Recycling in Communities with Curbside Recycling and Unit-Based Pricing
Kinnaman, Thomas C. - 1997
This paper estimates the impact of a user fee and a curbside recycling program on garbage and recycling amounts … policies and the levels of garbage and recycling collected in the community. A simple sequential model of local policymaking is … cross-section of towns without user fees but with and without curbside recycling programs. The combined data set is larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472797
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Policies for Green Design
Fullerton, Don - 1996
We analyze alternative policies such as a disposal content fee, a subsidy for recyclable designs, unit pricing of household disposal, a deposit-refund system, and a manufacturer `take-back' requirement. In order to identify the problem being addressed, we build a simple general equilibrium model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473254
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How a Fee Per-Unit Garbage Affects Aggregate Recycling in a Model with Heterogeneous Households
Kinnaman, Thomas C. - 1994
This paper develops a utility maximizing model of household choice among garbage disposal, recycling, and littering … recycling. The model explains (1) why some households participate in curbside recycling programs even in the absence of a user …-wide quantities of garbage, recycling, and litter. We show how an increase in the user fee can decrease aggregate recycling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474002