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Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana : An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
Willenbockel, Dirk - 2019
The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a disaggregated country-specific representation of the power sector to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and distributional implications associated with a shift towards a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894601
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Competition policy and development: key issues for developing countries – a briefing
Singh, Ajit; Dhumale, Rahul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
development and social welfare in relation to the present and prospective discussions on competition policy in the WTO, UNCTAD …, OECD and other fora. Although this is the immediate backdrop for an examination of competition policy in relation to … for developing countries which emerge from the theoretical and empirical analysis of competition policy and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259537
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Competition, Competition Policy, Competitiveness, Globalisation and Development
Singh, Ajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper explores the connections between globalization, competition, competition policy and competitiveness. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111773
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Industrial firms competition and corruption
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper examines the main determinants of firms tax evasion and corruption in the formal industrial sector. In our model psychological morale of bureaucratic agents are important to explain corruption.It is shown that the presence of rents linked to favoritism and patronage practices is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113076
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Horizontal and Vertical Firm Networks, Corporate Performance and Product Market Competition
Bischoff, Oliver - 2015
market competition. In markets with effective competition, horizontal multiple directorships turn out to be an efficient … firms have no significant influence on financial performance, irrespective of the level of competition intensity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024843
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Cost overruns and demand shortfalls – deception or selection?
Eliasson, Jonas; Fosgerau, Mogens - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
A number of highly cited papers by Flyvbjerg and associates have shown that ex ante infrastructure appraisals tend to be overly optimistic. Ex post evaluations indicate a bias where investment costs are higher and benefits lower on average than predicted ex ante. These authors argue that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258650
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Cost–benefit analysis and efficient water allocation in Cyprus
Groom, Ben; Koundouri, Phoebe; Swanson, Timothy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The scarcity of water resources in both arid and temperate countries alike is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation problems facing water users and policy-makers. In arid countries this problem is faced each day in the myriad of conflicts that surround its use.Water scarcity is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259671
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Farm profitability and Labour Use Efficiency
Amarender A, Reddy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Appropriate choice of cropping systems to local agro-ecology increases profitability and employment. The increased labour shortage and reduced profitability are growing concerns to the farmers. Keeping this, the paper written with the following objectives: i) To assess the profitability among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260091
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Развитие методологии предварительного финансового контроля государственных программ регионов России...
Bratanova, Alexandra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Shift to the program planning and budgeting is a budget policy priority in Russia. However, the current system of public programs development and implementation needs to be improved. The research aims at development of methodological approaches for a priori financial control of public programs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260911
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Behavioral cost-benefit economics: Toward a new normative approach to policy
Berg, Nathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This paper addresses the question of whether the findings of behavioral economics imply that techniques used in cost-benefit analysis should be modified. The findings of behavioral economics considered include the status-quo effect, loss-aversion, overconfidence and hyperbolic discounting. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694166