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Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We develop hypothetical policy scenarios in this part of the paper which are simulated using a product-by-industry economic-ecological model to investigate their impacts on water and other ecological commodities. Results are expected to contribute to the establishment of alternative policy...

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Efficiency assessment of primary care providers: A conditional nonparametric approach

Ferrera, Cordero; Manuel, Jose; Alonso Morán, Edurne; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper uses a fully nonparametric approach to estimate efficiency measures for primary care units incorporating the effect of (exogenous) environmental factors. This methodology allows us to account for different types of variables (continuous and discrete) describing the main...

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Sustainable Heterogeneity: Inequality, Growth, and Social Welfare in a Heterogeneous Population

Harashima, Taiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

heterogeneity. As is well known, heterogeneity in time preference results in substantial inequality. This paper shows that, even if … heterogeneous households are equally and indefinitely satisfied, and heterogeneity is sustainable on this path. The existence of a … by relying only on markets. Sustainable heterogeneity is politically fragile and requires rational―not unconditional …

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Effects of Patent Policy on Income and Consumption Inequality in an R&D-Growth Model

Chu, Angus C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

, this paper incorporates heterogeneity in the initial wealth of households into a canonical quality-ladder growth model with …

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Heterogeneity, trust, human capital and productivity growth: Decomposition analysis

Yamamura, Eiji; Shin, Inyong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper uses panel data from Japan to decompose productivity growth measured by the growth of output per labor unit into three components of efficiency improvement, capital accumulation and technological progress. It then examines their determinants through a dynamic panel model. In...

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Interest Rate Control Rules and Macroeconomic Stability in a Heterogeneous Two-Country Model

Fujisaki, Seiya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

tradable. Such heterogeneity may violate the Taylor principle, which implies that aggressive monetary policy is desirable to … consideration of the heterogeneity. …

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Who abstains in equilibrium?

Oliveros, Santiago - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

using two dimensions of heterogeneity: ideology (relative ratio of utilities) and concern or intensity (absolute level of …

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Adaptabilité et complexité: les choix éducatifs et technologiques sont-ils efficaces?

Decreuse, Bruno; Granier, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

European labour markets have known three major changes over the past three decades : the complexification of the technological environment, the growth of general education across the workforce, and rising unemployment. Taken together, do these facts reflect the inefficiency of schooling and...

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Effects of TRIPS on Growth, Welfare and Income Inequality in an R&D-Growth Model

Chu, Angus C.; Peng, Shin-Kun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

, we develop an open-economy R&D-driven endogenous-growth model with wealth heterogeneity. Under TRIPS, the North …

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Optimism, Pessimism, and the Gains from Trade

Blanchard, Michel; Blanchard, Frederic - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper examines the debate over the gains from trade when international differences in the risk perception of heterogeneous managers provide the basis for trade: the relatively optimistic country exports the risky commodity whereas the relatively pessimistic country exports the certain...

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