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Abstract Australia has voluntary private health insurance (PHI) markets in which open enrolment and community rated premiums are mandated by government. Historically, adverse selection in these markets led to a substantial decline in coverage, giving voice to fears about the viability of PHI...
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Italian policies to stimulate power production have been a success in the sense that solar power capacity has exploded, but they have also led to formidable costs. What is more, argues Carlo Stagnaro of the Italian think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni, support for green power has profoundly distorted...
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Brings out the issues in infrastructure development in India linking market failure, policy, regulation, and …
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Competition between insurance companies for employees of a firm often increases the prices and reduces the availability of high-quality health plans offered to employees. An insurance company can reduce competition by signing an exclusive contract, which guarantees that the company is the only...
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document which would have the power to fill all the gaps that were left by the previous UNMIK regulation in regards to labor … insurance fund, and weak judicial system are constantly affecting the success of this regulation in public and private sector in … have the right of 12 months of maternity leave. While analyzing the legal provisions of this regulation, the 12 month …
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This paper evaluates how R&D subsidies to the business sector are typically awarded. We identify two sources of ine …_- ciencies we propose mechanisms that include some form of an auction in which applicants bid for subsidies. Our proposals are …
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occur in governing eligibility for, and the amount of, the subsidy, in establishing energy efficiency standards, in the … climate regimes. Against this background, this paper discusses carbon/energy taxes, subsidies, energy efficiency standards …
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The paper aims to analyze the main question that arises in the context of current agricultural policies: are households farms really? Viewed from the perspective of sustainable development of rural areas, the answer becomes very important, especially given that the actual short comings rural...
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A budget-constrained buyer wants to purchase items from a short-listed set. Items are differentiated by observable quality and sellers have private reserve prices for their items. The buyer’s problem is to select a subset of maximal quality. Money does not enter the buyer’s...
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in indirect taxes,adjusting the exchange rate and sliding down of subsidies, on employment, income distribution, per … increased unemployment and inflation. The fourth policy instrument of shrink in subsidies augmented the unemployment, unequal …
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