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Efficiency, fairness, and social cohesion in Europe and the United States : incomes, hours of work, and equality with an afterhought on Iceland
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2016
on efficiency and fairness, including deep respect for human rights, holds the key to Europe's economic and social … domestic product or gross national income per capita to reflect also social factors (such as hours of work and equality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517905
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Does government spending efficiency improve fiscal sustainability?
Afonso, António; Alves, José - 2022
We evaluate the impact of government spending efficiency on fiscal sustainability for a panel of 35 OECD countries … the input efficiency scores obtained, countries' fiscal balance and fiscal sustainability is directly improved by the use … revenues to changes in government spending. Next, we make use of so-called government spending efficiency scores, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187684
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Forest fires : why the large year-to-year variation in forests burned?
Apt, Jay; Epple, Dennis N.; Sowell, Fallaw - 2023
Quantifying factors giving rise to temporal variation in forest fires is important for advancing scientific understanding and improving fire prevention. We demonstrate that eighty percent of the large year-to-year variation in forest area burned in California can be accounted for by variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391323
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Agreeing on efficient emissions reduction
Bos, Olivier; Roussillon, Béatrice; Schweinzer, Paul - 2013
infracting upon productive efficiency. The mechanism employs a contest creating incentives among participating nations to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772819
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Does competition justify inequality?
Bartling, Björn; Grieder, Manuel; Zehnder, Christian - 2015
Are competitive mechanisms perceived as just sources of economic inequality? Perceptions of fairness violations can have severe economic consequences, as they may cause counterproductive behavior such as rulebook slowdowns or quality shading. To analyze fairness perceptions associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405188
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A look upstream : electricity market restructuring, risk, procurement contracts and efficiency
Di Maria, Corrado; Lange, Ian; Lazarova, Emiliya A. - 2014 - This version: November 25, 2014
investigate the impact this change in procurement contracts has on efficiency. Focusing on coal mines, we find that those selling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464693
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Drivers of Covid-19 vaccinations : vaccine administration and delivery efficiency in the United States
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021
drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US … economic prosperity and rural population aid vaccine administration and delivery efficiency. Delivery efficiency improves in … health workers, including physicians and nurses, did not significantly impact administration or efficiency. On the other hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494792
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How to measure research efficiency in higher education? : research grants vs. publication output
Gralka, Sabine; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Bornmann, Lutz - 2018
An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research …. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853185
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Efficiency of universities and research-focused institutions worldwide : an empirical DEA investigation ased on institutional publication numbers and estimated academic staff numbe...
Bornmann, Lutz; Gralka, Sabine Marlene; Moya Anegón, … - 2020
the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175828
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Green national accounting for welfare and sustainability : a taxonomy of assumptions and results
Asheim, Geir B. - 2002
This paper summarizes assumptions made and results obtained in parts of the literature on welfare and sustainability … combinations. This taxonomy is used to organize results in welfare and sustainability accounting. The analysis illustrates how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514087