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Estimation of expected value for lognormal and gamma distributions. [Environmental pollutants]
White, G.C. - 2009
Concentrations of environmental pollutants tend to follow positively skewed frequency distributions. Two such density functions are the gamma and lognormal. Minimum variance unbiased estimators of the expected value for both densities are available. The small sample statistical properties of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435692
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Intraindustry Trade and the Environment: Is There a Selection Effect?
Aralas, Sarma B.; Hoehn, John P. - 2010
This paper develops a pollution model of trade in differentiated goods. Our analyses show the following: first, the … number of firms in the economy. Third, we examine the relationship between openness to trade and the environment. The impact … empirical analysis to test the integrated theoretical predictions of the pollution models of intra-industry as wells as inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446123
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The Environment and the SUV: Any Room for Compromise?
Schnitzer, Eliza Newbold - 2002
In addition to the serious health effects caused by oil production, distribution and consumption, there are environmental as well as political effects. Equally important is the issue of our nations security. America imports 53% of the oil it consumes daily, leaving us extremely reliant on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474967
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11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries, Spring 2004
Davis, Jennifer - 2004
participation in the planning process. Evaluates policies and projects in case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central …
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Wirtschaft und Umwelt
Zingel, Wolfgang-Peter - 2009
aufstrebenden Volkswirtschaften ist auch in Indien der Raubbau an der Umwelt auf dem Vormarsch. Die Liste der indischen … Instrumente der Umweltpolitik (z. B. Markt- und Preispolitik, Ordnungspolitik und staatliche Unternehmertätigkeit) schließt eine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468680
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I think that I shall never see {hor_ellipsis} a lovely forestry policy: Land use programs for conservation of forests
Rayner, S.F.; Richards, K.R. - 2008
Forestry programs are frequently invoked as having potential for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Most studies have attempted to quantify the potential impact of forest programs on carbon uptake and the potential costs of such programs. In this paper, we will attempt instead to focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436979
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Campus Consignment
DeAngelo, Krista - 2009
As environmental awareness and sustainability have become more widely promoted, it has resulted in an increase in the importance of recycling. A consignment store, by definition, is a second-hand store that offers previously owned goods, both used and unused, for a lower price than that of new...
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Incorporating uncertainty into electric utility projections and decisions
Hanson, D.A. - 2008
This paper focuses on how electric utility companies can respond in their decision making to uncertain variables. Here we take a mean- variance type of approach. The mean'' value is an expected cost, on a discounted value basis. We assume that management has risk preferences incorporating a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436272
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Migration, Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Reflections on Some South Asian Developments
Ballard, Roger - 2005
This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468669
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Trade finance as a barrier to SME internationalisation: special reference to African trade with China / Y. van Heerden
Van Heerden, Yvette - 2010
Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456199