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Technology Adoption in a Differentiated Duopoly: Cournot versus Bertrand
Pal, Rupayan - eSocialSciences - 2009
market competition, Cournot and Bertrand. It shows that the cost of technology has differential impact on technology adoption … ex post cost asymmetry between firms is higher under Bertrand competition than under Cournot competition. If the cost of … technology is high, Bertrand competition leads to higher cost-efficiency than Cournot competition provided that the cost reducing …
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A Glimpse of the Tiger: How Much are Indians Willing to Pay for It?
Guha, Indrila; Ghosh, Santadas - eSocialSciences - 2009
The recreational demand for the Indian Sundarban, which is a World Heritage site and a complex mangrove ecosystem that borders India and Bangladesh is estimated. Two alternative methodologies exist for estimating the value of a recreational site. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), as a...
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Can Lease Hold Forestry in Nepal Benefit People and the Environment?
eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2012
In Nepal an innovative form of forestry management, known as the Leasehold Forestry (LHF) Programme, is being introduced to protect forest land and help it regenerate. A new SANDEE study analyzes the role of this programme in improving household welfare in Nepal. The study was undertaken to see...
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Employee State Insurance: For a handful of contribution, a bagful of benefits
Gopinath, M; Krishna, Hari - eSocialSciences - 2010
The paper is about the Employment State Insurance Act (ESIC). It analyzes two important questions i.e. what ESTA is and whether the ESIC in Delhi is catering to the needs of its employees.
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Delegation and Emission Tax in a Differentiated Oligopoly
Pal, Rupayan - eSocialSciences - 2009
How product differentiation as well as strategic managerial delegation affects optimal emission tax rate, environmental damage and social welfare, under alternative modes of product market competition is examined. It shows that, under pure profit maximization, the (positive) optimal emission tax...
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How Much Should You Own? Cross-ownership and Privatization
Pal, Rupayan - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines the interdependence of cross-ownership and level of privatization in case of differentiated products mixed duopoly. It shows that it is optimal for the private firm not to own any (own the entire) portion of the privatized share of its rival firm, if the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520382
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Hobbes, Coase and Baliraja: Equity and Equality in Surface Water Distribution
Sivramakrishna, Sashi; Jyotishi, Amalendu - eSocialSciences - 2008
It is attempted to understand the implications of equality in water distribution on social welfare with a simple abstract analysis using Leontief-type fixed production function.
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Withering Valli: Alienation, Degradation and Enslavement Of Tribal Women In Attappady
Kalathil, Mariamma J. - eSocialSciences - 2006
Various policies and programmes implemented avowedly for the benefits of the tribal people have resulted in alienation and degradation of tribesfolk. This detailed study of Kerala's Irular tribal community uses the Participatory Social Action Research method (PSARM) method along with...
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On The Existence and Efficiency of Equilibria Under Liability Rules
Singh, Ram - eSocialSciences - 2008
The first objective of this paper is to contribute to the debate regarding the desirability of the sharing of liability for the accident loss. The second objective is to extend the efficiency analysis beyond Shavell (1980, 1987) and Miceli (1997), to search for the second-best liability rules....
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The Role and Nature of Non-Contributory Social Security in the Design of Social Protection Strategies for Older People in DCs
McKinnon, Roddy; Sigg, Roland - eSocialSciences - 2006
Non-contributory social security is increasingly attracting the attention of developing country policymakers and observers, not least as a mechanism to help address the perceived failure of contributory social security to reduce poverty in developing countries. This development is most visible...
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