Land value sometimes needs to be extracted from the price of a developed property for a number of purposes. For instance, land value tax has long gained recognition of being an efficient and equitable tax. Despite the theoretical significance, daunting difficulties in valuing land often cause...

Taiwan is one of the few countries where a split-rate or differential-rate property tax is applied. Under the split-rate taxation, land is taxed at a higher rate than the structure. The scarce transactions of vacant land in the cities have led the government assessors to separating land and...

In many practical problems, both decision and estimation are involved. This dissertationintends to study the relationship between decision and estimation in these problems, so thatmore accurate inference methods can be developed.Hybrid estimation is an important formulation that deals with state...

In many practical problems, both decision and estimation are involved. This dissertation intends to study the relationship between decision and estimation in these problems, so that more accurate inference methods can be developed. Hybrid estimation is an important formulation that deals with...

China has set an ambitious target to increase its wind power capacity by 35 GW from 2007 to 2020. The country's hunger for clean power provides great opportunities for wind energy investors. However, risks from China's uncertain electricity market regulation and an uncertain energy policy...

Energy consumption and energy intensity reduction opportunities are quite different from one enterprise to another. It is necessary to understand how much energy is used at individual enterprise, where the most energy is consumed and what the best opportunities are to invest in energy...