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Accelerating digital trade in Latin America and the Caribbean
Suominen, Kati - 2017
The Internet roared to the scene in Latin America and it is transforming the way Latin Americans interact, shop, bank …, and spend their time. The Internet is changing regional consumption patterns, the landscape of regional companies, and the …, Internet of Things, and so on- are empowering LAC companies of all sizes to dramatically cut costs, improve customer service …
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Promoting renewable electricity generation in imperfect markets : price vs. quantity policies
Madlener, Reinhard; Gao, Weiyu; Neustadt, Ilja; … - 2009 - Revised version
The search for economically efficient policy instruments designed to promote the diffusion of renewable energy technologies in liberalized markets has led to the introduction of quota-based tradable 'green' certificate (TGC) schemes for renewable electricity. However, there is a debate about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894058
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Making sense of non-binding retail-price recommendations
Bühler, Stefan; Gärtner, Dennis L. - 2009
This paper provides a theoretical rationale for non-binding retail price recommendations (RPRs) in vertical supply relations. Analyzing a bilateral manufacturer-retailer relationship with repeated trade, we show that linear relational contracts can implement the surplusmaximizing outcome. If the...
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The impact of unilateral climate policy with endogenous plant location and market size asymmetry
Sanna Randaccio, Francesca; Sestini, Roberta - 2010
This paper analyses the impact of unilateral climate policy on firms’ international location strategies in emission-intensive sectors, when countries differ in terms of market size. The cases of partial and total relocation via foreign direct investment are separately considered. A simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736813
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Imperfections in the economics of public policy, imperfections in markets, and climate change
Stern, Nicholas H. - 2009
In the last twenty years economics has created much of lasting value and real potential: it has been a very fertile period. But economics has also suffered from what I shall term "collective amnesia" covering whole areas of public policy. And on policy and the role of government it has,...
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A CGE-analysis of energy policies considering labor market imperfections and technology specifications
Küster, Robert (contributor);  … - 2007
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A racial inequality trap
Badel, Alejandro - 2015
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Job displacement risk and severance pay
Cozzi, Marco; Fella, Giulio - 2016
This paper is a quantitative, equilibrium study of the insurance role of severance pay when workers face displacement risk and markets are incomplete. A key feature of our model is that, in line with an established empirical literature, job displacement entails a persistent fall in earnings upon...
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Modern models of monopsony in labor markets : a brief survey
Ashenfelter, Orley; Farber, Henry S.; Ransom, Michael R. - 2010
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Bad investments and missed opportunities? : capital flows to Asia and Latin America, 1950-2007
Ohanian, Lee E.; Restrepo-Echavarria, Paulina; Wright, … - 2014
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