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The challenges and prospects for higher education in the context of global change

Nellis, Joseph G.; Nellis, Helen G.; Slattery, David - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 3, pp. 347-361

The future challenges and prospects for institutions of higher education are explored in this paper in the context of a rapidly changing external environment arising from seismic shifts in the global socio-economic, political and technological arenas. The implications of these paradigm shifts...

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Determinants and probability prediction of college student retention: new evidence from the Probit model

Lin, Tin-Chun; Yu, William Wei-Choun; Chen, Yi-Chi - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 3 (2012) 3, pp. 217-236

In this study, we adopt the Probit model and employ data on nine new freshmen cohorts at a public regional university to examine predictive factors for students' retention and measure projected probability of retention for an average college student. Results suggest four main findings: 1) high...

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Return on investment for undergraduate education in actuarial science

Aggarwal, Pushkar - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 4 (2013) 4, pp. 297-312

The students all over the world, many a times, encounter the question - Are education costs worth the degree? To answer this, Actuarial sciences major undergraduate degree at US based Ivy League University, in-state public university and out-of state public university was evaluated. Based upon...

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University marketing directors’ views on the components of a university brand

Ali-Choudhury, Rehnuma; Bennett, Roger; Savani, Sharmila - In: International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing 6 (2009) 1, pp. 11-33

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Historically black college and university operating cost efficiencies: stochastic cost estimates and comparisons to predominately white institutions

Sav, G. Thomas - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 3 (2012) 3, pp. 252-263

This paper compares operating cost efficiencies of public historically black colleges and universities to those of … state government funding contribute to cost inefficiencies. Inefficiency growth among black universities appears to have … outstripped those of white institutions through 2007 to 2008. Yet, in 2008 to 2009 historically black universities made …

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On the Optimal Number of Firms in the Commons: Cournot vs Bertrand

Davide, Dragone; Alessandro, Tampieri; Luca, Lambertini; … - In: Mathematical Economics Letters 1 (2013) 1, pp. 25-34

We revisit the debate on the optimal number of firms in the commons in a differential oligopoly game in which firms are either quantity- or price-setting agents. Production exploits a natural resource and involves a negative externality. We calculate the number of firms maximising industry...

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Dynamic modeling of pulse fishing: A game theoretic approach

Halkos, George; Papageorgiou, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper is concerned with the classic topic of intertemporal resource economics: the optimal harvesting of renewable natural resources over time by one and several resource owners with conflicting interests. The traditional management model, dating back to Plourde (1970), is extended towards...

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Towards an ecological technology for global growth in a North-South trade model

Cabo, F. - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 11 (2001) 1, pp. 15-41

In a world of rapid and cheap communication, where countries are not isolated, ideas and information spread quickly across international borders. Technological progress, leading to more efficient productive processes, in terms of the required amount of natural resources, seems to be the key to...

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Cyclical and constant strategies in renewable resources extraction

Halkos, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

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An Experimental Study of a Common Property Renewable Resource Game in Continuous Time

Tasneem, Dina; Engle-Warnick, Jim; Benchekroun, Hassan - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2014

We experimentally study behavior in a common property renewable resource extraction game with multiple equilibria. In the experiment, pairs of subjects competitively extract and consume a renewable resource in continuous time. We find that play evolves over time into multiple steady states, with...

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