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The effects of rent seeking over tradable pollution permits
Hanley, Nick; MacKenzie, Ian A. - 2009
The establishment of a tradable permit market requires the regulator to select a level of aggregate emissions and then distribute the associated permits (rent) to specific groups. In most circumstances, these decisions are often politically contentious and frequently influenced by rent seeking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465937
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The effects of rent seeking over tradable pollution permits
Hanley, Nick; MacKenzie, Ian A. - 2010
The establishment of a tradable permit market requires the regulator to select a level of aggregate emissions and then distribute the associated permits (rent) to specific groups. In most circumstances, these decisions are often politically contentious and frequently influenced by rent seeking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465961
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Theory and Practice of ITQ's in Iceland; Privatisation of Common Fisheries Resources
Eythorsson, Einar - 1995
common property rights into private property rights under the ITQ regime, is basically consistent with the economic theory of … ITQ's, though this part of the theory is often undercommunicated in the political rethorics. In the Icelandic case, the … theory of ITQ's also assumes that quota market prices will reflect the resource rent generated by the fisheries under an ITQ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468403
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Corruption and Pro-Poor Growth Outcomes: Evidence and Lessons for African Countries
Ndikumana, Léonce - 2006
There is growing consensus on the view that corruption hurts economic performance by reducing private investment, by adversely affecting the quantity and quality of public infrastructure, by reducing tax revenue, and by reducing human capital accumulation. In addition to inefficiency effects –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468223
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Essays on Budgetary Institutions: Theory and Evidence
Amoroso, Nicolas Emiliano - 2006
The dissertation offers an analysis of the role of budgetary institutions on the determination of fiscal outcomes. In the second chapter I provide a theoretical model that rationalizes differences in fiscal outcomes of two countries that are supposed to obey the same set of numerical constraints...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450941
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The impact of education investment on Sri Lankan economic growth
Ganegodage, K. Renuka; Rambaldi, Alicia N. - 2011
We evaluate the contribution of investment on education to Sri Lanka’s economic growth during the period 1959–2008. Physical capital, economic policy changes and the ethnic war are also evaluated due to their substantial importance. This study uses a framework encompassing both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448344
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Konzeption eines Online-Bewerbungsverfahrens für die Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Ostheimer, Bernhard; Heuer, Claudia; Schwickert, Axel C. - 2005
Ab Wintersemester 05/06 werden die Studienplätze im Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BWL) an der Justus-Liebig-Universität (JLU) Gießen nicht mehr von der Zentralstelle für die Vergabe von Studienplätzen vergeben, sondern von der Universität selbst. Die Studieninteressierten müssen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468547
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Distributing the Benefits from the Commons
Silvestre, Joaquim - 1993
"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468330
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468335
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Appropriation Externalities in the Commons: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Herr, Andrew - 1996
of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468337