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excluded from mainstream economic theory. In contrast, we report that evolutionary economists have acknowledged the importance … economic analysis be fully embedded in complex economic system theory and that associated understandings as to how humans react …
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Environmental performance (EP) uncertainties span a number of energy technology options, and pose planning risk when the energy system is subject to environmental constraints. This paper presents two approaches to integrating EP uncertainty into the long-term energy planning framework. The...
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A plethora of literature exists on irrigation development. However, only a few studies analyse the distributional issues associated with irrigation induced technological changes (IITC) in the context of commodity markets. Furthermore, these studies deal with only the theoretical arguments and to...
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Large estimates of the benefits of microeconomic reform have been put forward in official studies. By contrast, Quiggin (1997) concludes that benefits of microeconomic reforms have been modest. A key area of disagreement relates to the claim that increased competition leads to increases in...
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This dissertation addresses the crucial problem of how environmental policy uncertainty influences investments in energy technological change. The rising level of carbon emissions due to increasing global energy consumption calls for policy shift. In order to stem the negative consequences on...
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, not increase, household income inequality. In a related vein, this research study seeks to test the theory of an extended … the theory that growth and inequality might both be related to SBTC resulting from structural shifts away from a mature … industrial economy and toward the emerging information and knowledge economy of the 1990s and beyond. This theory, too, must be …
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Institutions are a central topic in economic history. Allen’s work differs in that he is interested in institutions per se, not as a means to economic performance and prosperity. The purpose of this book is to explain the institutions of the premodern world and to show why they changed. His...
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