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In this paper we propose an economic model for the optimum allocation of water within a given area with the following … for achieving improvements in water allocation from the former administrative-based rules to new flexible and tradable …
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Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not … compensating differentials will increase both efficiency and fairness, quite in line with the classical position taken by Adam … Differentiale heranführen dienen zugleich der Verbesserung der Effizienz und der Gerechtigkeit. …
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the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Using an economy-wide, global computable general equilibrium model, this paper …
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In this study, we explore the pattern of efficiency among enterprises in China’s 29 provinces across different … efficiency distributions, and conducting a bootstrapped truncated regression analysis. We find evidence of interesting … differences in efficiency levels among various ownership groups, especially for foreign and local ownership, which have different …
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Jevons composed his value theory of nonenties. These creatures are elusive. Subsequent formal refinements did not eliminate the fundamental flaw but made it only harder to detect. A vacuous formal structure is one that cannot be interpreted in some domain. For want of any correspondence in the...
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This article presents a model for budgetary allocation that was used by an international NGO for its aid program. The …
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The National Budget has a key role as an instrument of funds allocation for different social priorities and resources … funds to the various social programs, priorities and allocation criteria used to provinces in the National Budget 2010 … more relevant with the new Universal Child Allocation for Social Protection program, as well as programs for education …
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This paper discusses Islamic principles and how they can help in achieving efficiency along with equity in a market … Islamic economy. Lastly, we discuss the effects of Zakat on bringing competition, efficiency, investment and employment. …
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Islamic finance industry mostly uses LIBOR linked financial contracts which are akin to debt financing than the more preferable participatory modes of Mudarabah and Musharakah. As per the current orthodox understanding and practice of Islamic finance, the often cited preferable modes like...
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This paper examines the implications for African economies of the possible outcomes from the ongoing agriculture negotiations in the Doha Round. The paper defines scenarios that capture key elements of the modalities negotiations and undertakes simulations using a global dynamic general...
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