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Distribution of benefits of irrigation induced technological changes and commodity markets : new evidence

Athukorala, Wasantha; Robinson, Tim; Wilson, Clevo - 2010

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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Micro Gains From Micro Reform

Quiggin, John - 1998

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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Technological change

Köllinger, Philipp - 2006

-vor adoptierten, verwandten Technologien ansteigt. Diese Theorie wird empirisch getestet und in vier verschie-denen Untersuchungen mit … function of previously adopted, related technologies. The theory is empirically tested and supported in four inde …

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Investments in energy technological change under uncertainty

Shittu, Ekundayo - 2009

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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Technological change, economic growth, and income inequality : MSA evidence from the 1990s.

Lehman, Thomas Eric - 2004

, 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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Adjustment Costs, Learning-by-Doing, and Technology Adoption Under Uncertainty

Pavlova, Anna - 2002

We consider a variety of vintage capital models of a firm?s choice of technology under uncertaintyin the presence of adjustment costs and technology-specific learning. Similar models have beenstudied in a deterministic setting. Part of our objective is to examine the robustness of...

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