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Property Rights to the World's (Linear) Ocean Fisheries in Customary International Law
Barrett, Scott - 2023
enclosure for nearshore fisheries. For highly migratory and offshore fisheries, enclosure is inefficient, and customary law …
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Efficient Level of Seps Licensing
Langus, Gregor; Lipatov, Vilen - 2022
We study the question whether a holder of standard essential patents (SEPs) should be allowed to choose the level in the value chain at which to offer a FRAND license to its SEPs. We give a pos-itive answer to this question for two reasons. First, the SEP holder and the social planner tend to...
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Sea Surface Temperature and Tuna Catch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Under Climate Change
Mediodia, Hanny John - 2020
potential to impact tuna fisheries. This paper theoretically models and then applies the production function approach to … fisheries. By considering area, species and fishing methods, we provide spatially and biologically relevant information for the ….e. logarithmic and quadratic) relationship between the SST and the carrying capacity of tuna fisheries …
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Severance pay and the shadow of the law : evidence for West Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2005
Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the outcomes of dismissal conflicts. In this study we focus on severance pay and inquire whether its incidence and level varies in a systematic manner with the legal rules as defined...
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Income taxation, tuition subsidies, and choice of occupation : implications for production efficiency
Bjertnæs, Geir Haakon - 2005
The desirability for production efficiency is re-examined in this study, where agents choose occupation based on lifetime income net of tuition costs. Efficient revenue raising implies that the government should trade off efficiency in production for efficiency in intertemporal consumption, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271821
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Vertical Transmission of Overweight: Evidence from English Adoptees
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Le Grand, Julian - 2015
We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non-adopted, and their families. Our results suggest strong evidence of an intergenerational association of overweight among adoptees, indicating transmission through cultural factors....
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Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average...
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An empirically-based taxonomy of Dutch manufacturing : innovation policy implications
Raymond, Wladimir; Mohnen, Pierre A.; Palm, Franz; van … - 2004
The paper studies the degree of homogeneity of innovative behavior in order to determine empirically an industry classification of Dutch manufacturing that can be used for policy purposes. We use a twolimit tobit model with sample selection, which explains the decisions by business enterprises...
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How Do Financial Crises Redistribute Risk?
Mitchener, Kris J.; Vossmeyer, Angela; Mitchener, Kris James - 2023
We examine how financial crises redistribute risk, employing novel empirical methods and micro data from the largest financial crisis of the 20th century – the Great Depression. Using balance-sheet and systemic risk measures at the bank level, we build an econometric model with incidental...
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The Missing Type: Where Are the Inequality Averse (Students)?
Epper, Thomas; Senn, Julien; Fehr, Ernst - 2024
The empirical evidence on the existence of social preferences—or lack thereof—is predominantly based on student samples. Yet, knowledge about whether these findings can be extended to the general population is still scarce. In this paper, we compare the distribution of social preferences in...
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