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Essays in Telecommunications Economics
Heimeshoff, Gerrit Ulrich - 2008
the determinants of telecommunications investments and presents two possible solutions to the investment problem. The …
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The end of the demographic dividend in Latin America: challenges for economic and social policies
Berganza, Juan Carlos; Campos, Rodolfo G.; Martínez …
Artículo de revista ; Population ageing is a major global challenge. The Latin American economies have a younger population structure than other emerging and advanced economies, which has allowed them to enjoy the so-called demographic dividend (a favourable working age/non-working age...
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The effect of food crises on international migration
Suarez-Varela, Marta
Artículo de revista ; In the current global setting of rising food prices and growing food insecurity, this article analyses how food crises affect forced international migration. According to the results obtained from a structural gravity model, food crises lead to a significant increase in...
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Three Essays on Worker Turnover and Incentive Contracts in Labour Market Search Equilibrium
Zaharieva, Anna - 2010
Arbeitsmarkt und Prinzipal-Agent-Problemen aufgrund von asymmetrischen Informationen zwischen Firmen und Arbeitnehmern. Das …
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Social Dumping: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects
Dimitrova, Teodora - 2006
standards really provide competitive advantages in attracting foreign direct investment and stimulating exports. … der USA und US Importe auf bilaterale Basis betrachtet. Zentrale Bedeutung unter den erklärenden Variablen hat der ILO …
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The dynamic relationship between firm capabilities, regulatory policy, and environmental performance: renewable energy policy and investment in the U.S. electric utility sector.
Fremeth, Adam Ryan - 2009
investment of renewable power in the U.S. electric utility sector and the growth of a utility scale renewable energy industry. I …
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Profit patterns across American agriculture.
Blank, S.C.; Erickson, K.W.; Moss, C.B. - 2005
To remain viable, agriculture in each location must offer returns that are competitive with those from alternative investments and sufficient to cover producers' financial obligations. Economic theory says that rates of return converge over time as resources flow into more-profitable industries...
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The Rise and Decline of U.S. Private Sector Investments in Energy R&D since the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973
Dooley, James J. - 2010
This paper presents two distinct datasets that describe investments in energy research and development (R&D) by the US private sector since the mid1970s, which is when the US government began to systematically collect these data. The first dataset is based upon a broad survey of more than 20,000...
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Oil and gas development in the United States in the early 1990`s: An expanded role for independent producers
2009
Since 1991, the major petroleum companies` foreign exploration and development expenditures have exceeded their US exploration and development expenditures. The increasing dependence of US oil and gas development on the typically much smaller nonmajor companies raises a number of issues. Did...
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Geothermal investment analysis with site-specific applications to Roosevelt Hot Springs and Cove Fort-Sulphurdale, Utah
Cassel, T.A.V.; Edelstein, R.H.; Blair, P.D. - 2007
The analysis and modeling of investment behavior in the development of hydrothermal electric power facilities are … reported. This investment behavior reflects a degree of sensitivity to public policy alternatives concerning taxation and … model was developed which offers an efficient means for site-specific investment analysis of private sector firms and …
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