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"The fact that raising taxes can increase taxed labor supply through income effects is frequently used to justify much lower measures of the marginal welfare cost of taxes and greater public good provision than indicated by traditional, compensated analyses. The authors confirm that this...
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"Aid to developing countries has largely neglected the population-wide health services that are core to communicable disease control in the developed world. These mostly non-clinical services generate "pure public goods" by reducing everyone's exposure to disease through measures such as...
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"The availability and quality of basic public services are important determinants of urban quality of life. In many cities, rapid population growth and fiscal constraints are limiting the extent to which urban governments can keep up with increasing demand for these services. It therefore...
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. In this paper, building on work in social theory, the author argues that common property can also be social …
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Half a year ago, Russia's economic prospects looked uncertain. The global economy was losing momentum, the expansion in the euro area was grinding to a halt and commodity prices were beginning to fall. Yet, while output growth is slowing this year in line with weaker growth in Europe and...
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two include risk assessment method for priority-setting. Section three includes setting cleanup priorities in Tunisia …. Section four includes cleanup and safeguarding highlights in Africa. Finally, section five includes reducing the risk …
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increasingly important. And yet, many cities do not have master plans to guide their projected growth, let alone tools for risk … minimize risk today and then think about addressing future risk. This methodology report describes the underlying risk … components, including a description of the models required inputs related to metropolitan elements at risk, hazard sub …
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