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Growth and development in the Iberian Peninsula: three essays
Castro de Oliveira, Emanuel - 2009
country faced in the process of adopting new technologies. The numerical experiments suggest that Spain had consistently lower …
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Effect of a Differentially Applied Environmental Regulation on Agricultural Trade Patterns and Production Location: The Case of Methyl Bromide
Lynch, Lori; Malcolm, Scott A.; Zilberman, David - 2005
It has been hypothesized that differentially applied environmental regulations create pollution havens, as firms will choose to invest in countries with lax environmental standards. Using a theoretical model of pest control adoption and an empirical spatial equilibrium model, we examine one such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445544
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Four Essays on Human Capital Externalities
Heuermann, Daniel Frederik - 2009
Individual wages differ substantially across regions and cities within Germany. Based on this observation, the thesis aims to shed light on the causes and the underlying microeconomic mechanisms responsible for regional differences in labor productivity. It takes the notion of local human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481264
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Tracking the Sun II: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2008
Barbose, Galen L; Wiser, Ryan; Peterman, Carla; … - 2010
States was the world's third largest PV market in terms of annual capacity additions in 2008, behind Spain and Germany; 335 …
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DOES INTENSITY OF CHANGE MATTER? FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION IN TWO AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES
Barreiro-Hurle, Jesus; Espinosa-Goded, Maria; Dupraz, Pierre - 2008
level of requirement of each measure.The model is tested with two different AES in Spain implying a low and a high farm …
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Price Transmission Asymmetries in the Spanish Lamb Sector
Ben Kaabia, Monia; Gil, Jose Maria; Boshnjaku, L. - 2002
investigate the non-linear adjustments of prices along the lamb sector in Spain. The methodology used is based on the multivariate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443831
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Agricultural trade liberalisation in the Doha Round: impacts on Spain
Philippidis, George - 2005
plausible Doha outcome, we examine the long run costs for the European Union, in particular focusing on Spain. Moreover, we … Spain, the impacts of proposed Amber box reductions on fishing subsidies and the relatively smaller GDP contribution result …
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Understanding Market potential for biodiesel in Spain: A Pilot study based on consumer preferences
Gracia, Azucena; Barreiro-Hurle, Jesus; Perez y Perez, Luis - 2009
in Europe but the consumption is only of considerable importance in some countries. In Spain, the consumption of … in Spain. To do that a choice experimental approach has been used to assess consumers’ valuation of different diesel … options and calculate the willingness to pay for biodiesel. The data come from a recent survey conducted in Spain (Region of …
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Spanish Wine Consumer Behaviour: A Stated and Revealed Preferences Analysis
Nadhem, Mtimet; Miguel, Albisu Luis - 2007
Overall wine consumption in Spain is decreasing while, at the same time,Designation of Origin (DO) wine consumption is …
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Excess capacity and expense preference behaviour in National Health Systems: an application to the Spanish public hospitals
Rodríguez-Álvarez, Ana; Lovell, Charles A. K. - 2004
The aim of this paper is to study excess capacity in National Health System (NHS) hospitals, which have the characteristics of a bureaucracy, within a theoretically consistent framework. In this sense, we develop and estimate an empirical model which has not previously been applied to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448274