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Ansink, Erik; Houba, Harold - Tinbergen Institute - 2010

Water markets with market power are analysed as multi-market Cournot competition in which the river structure …

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Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Dan; Vries, Casper G. de - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

This paper presents a unified framework for characterizing symmetric equilibrium in simultaneous move, two-player, rank-order contests with complete information, in which each player's strategy generates direct or indirect affine "spillover" effects that depend on the rank-order of her decision...

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Measuring the Economic Value of a Marine Protection Program against the Introduction of Non-Indigenous Species in the Netherlands

Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

Harmful algal bIoom species are the cause of important damages to marine living resources and human beings. These marine species are primarily introduced in North-European waters through ballast water, i.e. water trans-ported across the oceans so as to keep a vessel in balance. Port authorities...

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Managing Pesticide Risks for Non-Target Ecosystems with Pesticide Risk Indicators: a Multicriteria Approach

Travisi, Chiara Maria; Nijkamp, Peter; Vighi, Marco; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

In the search for effective pesticide risk management tools, the design of pesticide risk indicators is nowadays receiving increasing attention as a complement to more established regulatory strategies. In the present paper, we apply some recently developed pesticide risk indices and test their...

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Enhancing Efficiency of Water Provision

Dalhuisen, Jasper; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

transaction costs in water chains by developing integrated forms of water management. Integrated water management in case of river … basin areas may comprise inter alia: (1) increasing co-operation at the river basin scale, (2) establishment of a river … any other competing spatial function in a river basin area.In this paper we discuss the different integrated water …

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What Drives Donor Funding in Population Assistance Programs?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Reuser, Mieke - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) established goals for the expansion of population assistance. This global effort has so far not sufficiently been supported by donor funds. Dynamic panel estimation methods are used to see what lies behind the sharing of...

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The Institutional Economics of Stakeholder Consultation; Reducing Implementations Costs through 'Matching Zones'

Butter, Frank A.G. den; Wolde, Sjoerd ten - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

This paper discusses various ways to organise these consultations, so that a compromise agreement is reached on the solution of the (re)distribution problem. These institutionalised structures of consultation are referred to as 'matching zones' here. Practical experiences, mainly from the...

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The Importance of Emotions for the Effectiveness of Social Punishment

Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

This paper experimentally explores how the enforcement of cooperative behavior in a social dilemma is facilitated through institutional as well as emotional mechanisms. Recent studies emphasize the importance of negatively valued emotions, such as anger, which motivate individuals to punish free...

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Who carries the Burden of Reproductive Health and AIDS Programs? - Evidence from OECD Donor Countries

Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Institute

This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo established goals for the expansion of assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This...

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Measuring and Explaining the Limited Take-up of the Housing Benefit in the Netherlands

Rouwendal, Jan - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

It is well known that the take-up rate of the Dutch housing benefit and other means tested benefits is substantially below 100%. In order to measure non-take up one usually has to simulate entitlement to the benefits. In this paper we take a closer look at the quality of the simulation. We find...

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