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Disentangling water usage in the European Union: A decomposition analysis
Valeria, Di Cosmo; Marie, Hyland; Maria, LLop - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The Water Framework Directive defines common objectives for water resources throughout the European Union (EU). Given this general approach to water preservation and water policy, the objective of this paper is to analyse whether common patterns of water consumption exist within Europe. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259046
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Water use options for regional development. Potentials of new water technologies in Central Northern Namibia
Lux, Alexandra; Janowicz, Cedric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
investigated here: rainwater harvesting, solar-coupled desalination of brackish groundwater, and managed aquifer recharge. Suitable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528722
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Социально-экономические аспекты регулирования регионального водопотребления в Омской области
Karpov, Valery; Kaluzhsky, Mikhail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
An article about the directions and priorities of the regional policy of the state to regulate the regional water consumption in the Omsk region. The authors analyze the situation with the water consumption in China, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, as well as alternative ways of solving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113529
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Three approaches to measuring natural resource scarcity: theory and application to groundwater
Koundouri, Phoebe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Efficient pricing of a resource incorporates both marginal cost of extraction and scarcity rents. Since groundwater … establishing clear groundwater ownership rights, scarcity value frequently goes unrecognized and is difficult to estimate. This … the initial and most challenging step towards efficient groundwater management. Empirical analyses are based on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113754
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Drought and Optimal Groundwater Managment
Amundsen, Eirik S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
This paper considers the problem of a water management authority that is faced with the threat of a drought that will take place at an uncertain date. Three management policies are investigated: i) the laissez-faire policy of automatic regulation through Open Access mechanisms, ii) the policy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789998
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Compulsory tutorial programmes and performance in undergraduate microeconomics: A regression discontinuity design
Schöer, Volker; Shepherd, Debra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As South African universities experience extremely low graduation rates, academic staff implement a range of interventions, for instance tutorial programmes, in order to improve student performance. However, relatively little is known about the impact of such tutorial programmes on students’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259276
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Right to water and access to water
Anand, P B - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines the scope for a rights-based perspective on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by focusing on right to water. The paper adapts Hohfeldian framework of elements of a right developed by Wenar. According to this, a right should be interpreted in terms of powers, privileges,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259587
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An Inquisition into Bivariate Threshold Effects in The Inflation-Growth Correlation: Evaluating South Africa’s Macroeconomic Objectives
Phiri, Andrew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Is the SARB’s inflation target of 3-6% compatible with the 6% economic growth objective set by ASGISA? Estimations of inflation-growth bivariate Threshold Vector Autoregressive with corresponding bivariate Threshold Vector Error Correction (BTVEC-BTVAR) econometric models for sub-periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260136
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Air Transport and Destination Performance – A case study of three African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa)
Tchouamou Njoya, Eric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Tourism is increasingly being promoted as an important source of economic growth especially in developing countries. While there are many elements that contribute to tourism growth, without an efficient air transport system, it is almost impossible for a number of landlocked and geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260537
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The King Reports, Independent Non-Executive Directors and Firm Valuation on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Ntim, Collins G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
South Africa (SA) has pursued corporate governance reforms in the form of the 1994 and 2002 King Reports. This paper examines the association between the presence of independent non-executive directors (INEDs) and market valuation of a sample of 169 firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260623