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This paper reports on using television and internet communication as a means of engaging the least interested sections of society with respect to environmental problems and sustainability issues. The theory behind developing such communication is described and the importance of social...
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There are still problems in handling diversity in economics. The general equilibrium model itself lacks determinacy for a generic population of economic agents. In an ourstanding contribution, Jean-Michel Grandmont (1992) argues that increasing behavioural heterogeneity makes aggregate...
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consumption patterns which depend on the state of the world. …
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Competition between hopping centres, which may take the form of supermarkets (or hypermarkets), shopping malls or high …
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This paper reviews the current empirical literature on competition and market structure of Philippine industries. It … shows that weak competition is one of the fundamental factors that explain limited growth, productivity, and employment in …, while necessary, are not sufficient to foster effective competition. The success of these reforms depends on the creation of …
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the “taxation market” depends also on competition. By studying the determinants for Property Tax revenue for the 308 … existence of a two-peaked Laffer curve in the sample, and various tests indicate that competition impacts – shifting but also …
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This paper examines the extent of banking competition in African subregional markets. A dynamic version of the Panzar …–Rosse model is adopted beside the static model to assess the overall extent of banking competition in each subregional banking …
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This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank-level panel data. A new index of concentration is proposed, which reflects the depth and intensity of concentration. The econometric specification facilitates the simultaneous...
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This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …. From a long-run perspective, one can see that gains from competition-enhancing regulatory reform are likely to exceed … taking a dynamic perspective on competition and efficiency, one can also understand better the new modes of competition …
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competition for matches may solve the hold-up problems generated by the absence of complete contingent contracts. In particular …, this paper shows that in a world in which workers' and firms' investments are separeted by market competition and contracts …
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