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Do Privatizations Boost Household Shareholding? Evidence from Italy
Di Carluccio, Adolfo; Ferri, Giovanni; Frale, Cecilia; … - 2004
It is believed that privatizations substantially contributed to boost stock markets through the 1980s and 1990s. However, trough which channels did that materialize? We test whether privatizations -improving households' acquaintance with the risk and return characteristics of stocks through the...
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Biodiversity Conservation on Private Lands: Information Problems and Regulatory Choices
Lin, Tun; Goeschl, Timo - 2004
This survey paper examines various information insufficiencies in biodiversity conservation and their impact of … information, and 4) monitoring problem. The consequences of these four types of information insufficiencies on the choice of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324934
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Hormone beefs, chloridric chicken and international trade: Can scientific uncertainty be an informational barrier to trade?
Calzolari, Giacomo; Immordino, Giovanni - 2000
. We also study the informative role played by producers (lobbies) in revealing valuable information. We find that … producers reveal more information when the effects of harmful consumption on health are long lasting. Our results are robust to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608574
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Policy instruments for creating markets for biodiversity: Certification and ecolabing
Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Riyanto, Yohanes E. - 2001
This paper provides an economic evaluation of certification and ecolabeling as an important policy instrument for creating markets for biodiversity. In the paper we conclude that the success of a policy instrument for creating markets for biodiversity depends on the nature crucial factors,...
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Smart meter devices and the effect of feedback on residential electricity consumption: Evidence from a natural experiment in Northern Ireland
Gans, Will; Alberini, Anna; Longo, Alberto - 2011
information on residential electricity consumption in Northern Ireland. Starting in April 2002, the utility replaced prepayment … information is associated with a decline in electricity consumption of up to 20%. We find that the reduction is robust to …
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Social incentives matter: Evidence from an online real effort experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2013
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Social Responsibility activities. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form of a donation received by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294288
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Differences in preferences towards the environment: The impact of a gender, age and parental effect
Torgler, Benno; García Valiñas, María A.; Macintyre, … - 2008
different dependent variables to focus on the impact of age, gender and children we use a large micro data set covering data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270958
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Gender Issue and Water Management in the Mediterranean Basin, Middle East and North Africa
Minoia, Giulia - 2007
This article aims to investigate some aspects of the social process related to water resources management and gender … relations. Given that gender and water management are interrelated issues exposed to a growing attention at the international … reach an improved governance and planning in the field of sustainable water management. Therefore, to investigate gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312486