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Biofuel subsidies versus the gas tax: The carrot or the stick?

Mazumder, Diya B. - In: Energy Economics 44 (2014) C, pp. 361-374

This paper provides an analytical framework to examine the relative efficiencies of a revenue-neutral biofuel subsidy and a gas tax in the presence of pre-existing distortions and growing substitutability between fuels. Both policies are set to achieve a targeted reduction in gasoline use at the...

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Review of National Competition Policy Reforms

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

In 2004, the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to look at the impact on the economy and the community of NCP and related reforms and for areas which offer opportunities for significant gains. The Commission found that the benefits of NCP have greatly outweighed the costs....

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS IN ROMANIA-REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IPA CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION PROGRAMME

Popescu (Stingaciu) Ana-Maria; Nicolae-Eugen, Munteanu - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 2, pp. 127-132

This research paper is based on the analysis of the sustainability aspects in cross-border cooperation programmes. The importance of this research topic consists in presenting if the implementation of the activities of the projects submitted under cross-border cooperation programmes is based on...

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Understanding Business Improvement District formation: An analysis of neighborhoods and boundaries

Meltzer, Rachel - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 1, pp. 66-78

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) provide supplemental services to urban commercial corridors using funds from member assessments. They have become a very popular urban revitalization tool, but their formation is still largely unexplained. Theory implies that BIDs will form if they add to...

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Forecasting Investment Needs in South Africa's Electricity and Telecom Sectors

Å½eljko Bogetic; Fedderke, Johannes - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2005

The paper uses a 52-country panel-data for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecom services and, based on these estimates, project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual investment needs in electricity and...

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First Time Underwater: The Impact of the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

intention was to spur home buying and put an end to the plunge in home prices, which were dropping at an annual rate of close to … end of 2011, nationwide home prices had fallen by 8.4 percent since the credit-induced peak reached in the second quarter … to sell their homes at prices that were still partially inflated by the bubble. This was good for these homeowners, as …

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Infrastructure, Productivity and Urban Dynamics in Cote d'Ivoire, Africa Region Working Paper Series No. 86 (July 2005), The World Bank, Washington D.C.

Bogetic, Zeljko; Sanogo, Issa - EconWPA - 2005

Recent contributions in economic geography reflect renewed interest in issues of location and spatial concentration of economic activities, yet there are still few empirical studies of developing countries, particularly in Africa. This paper aims to contribute to this body of knowledge by (i)...

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Kinerja Keuangan dan Strategi Pembangunan Kota di Era Otonomi

landiyanto, erlangga agustino - EconWPA - 2005

Dengan munculnya UU No. 22 tahun 1999 yang mengatur pelimpahan wewenang dan tanggung jawab dari pemerintah pusat kepada pemerintah daerah serta UU No. 25 tahun 1999 yang mengatur perimbangan keuangan antara pusat dan daerah, selayaknya kota Surabaya mengembangkan sumber daya lokal dan mengurangi...

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Surveying Romanian Migrants in Italy Before and After the EU Accession: Migration Plans, Labour Market Features and Social Inclusion

Mara, Isilda - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012

This report describes the migration patterns of Romanian migrants in Italy before and after the accession of Romania into the European Union (EU). The findings and the main results presented throughout the report were collected by carrying out a survey in three main cities of Italy Milan, Turin...

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Value added of teachers in high-poverty schools and lower poverty schools

Sass, Tim R.; Hannaway, Jane; Xu, Zeyu; Figlio, David N.; … - In: Journal of Urban Economics 72 (2012) 2, pp. 104-122

Using student-level microdata from 2000–2001 to 2004–2005 from Florida and North Carolina, we compare the effectiveness of teachers in schools serving primarily students from low-income families (70% free-and-reduced-price-lunch students) with teachers in schools serving more advantaged...

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