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Technologie, Lernexternalitäten und Ungleichentwicklung: Einkommenszyklen offener Volkswirtschaften
Andrä, Jan - 2011
Die Dissertation befasst sich mit Einkommenszyklen offener Volkswirtschaften. Im Grundmodell werden Einkommensunterschiede der Länder durch verschiedene Lernexternalitäten ausgelöst. Arbeitsteilung im internationalen Handel verfestigt die Ungleichentwicklung. Das Aufkommen neuer Technologien...
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Modeling Agricultural Innovation in a Rapidly Developing Country: The Case of Chinese Pesticide Industry
Shi, Guanming; Pray, Carl - 2011
Technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in the economic development of both developed and … innovation or imitation by developing a conceptual model and then empirically testing it using pesticide innovation data from a … farmers’ access to new technology. …
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Optimal Management of Renewable Resources: A Dynamic Model of Surface Water Contamination From Pesticide Use in Rice Production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Dang, Phuong M. - 2002
function, and the parameter of pesticide discharge. The total loss of fish culture (total external cost in the year 2001) due … to pesticide use is about 9 billion $US. Two cases of linear and nonlinear forms are simulated with scenarios of initial …
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Operations research and systems analysis of geopressured/geothermal resources in Texas. Final report
Lesso, W.G.; Zinn, C.D.; Cornwell, J. - 2007
A preliminary resource assessment, based on the best available parameters, was made to identify potentially suitable fairways. Of those examined only the Brazoria Fairway in the Frio Formation was able to produce sufficient fluid to meet the minimum requirements. These requirements are based...
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The renewables portfolio standard in Texas: An early assessment
Wiser, Ryan H.; Langniss, Ole - 2008
Texas has rapidly emerged as one of the leading wind power markets in the United States. This development can be … from Texas suggests that an RPS can effectively spur renewables development and encourage competition among renewable … energy producers. Initial RPS targets in Texas will be far exceeded by the end of 2001, with as much as 930 MW of wind slated …
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Geopressured-geothermal energy development: government incentives and institutional structures
Frederick, D.O.; Prestwood, D.C.L.; Roberts, K.; … - 2007
The following subjects are included: a geothermal resource overview, the evolution of the current Texas geopressured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435830
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Community-Level Impacts Projection System (CLIPS). Final report
Monts, J.K.; Bareiss, E.R. - 2007
The Community-Level Impacts Projection System includes a set of techniques for providing detailed advance information required for rational planning. The computerized system generates reports which enable the user: to describe the energy development activity in terms of its employment demands...
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The dynamics of iterated transportation simulations
Nagel, K.; Rickert, M.; Simon, P.M. - 2009
Transportation-related decisions of people often depend on what everybody else is doing. For example, decisions about mode choice, route choice, activity scheduling, etc., can depend on congestion, caused by the aggregated behavior of others. From a conceptual viewpoint, this consistency problem...
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Torbett-Hutchings-Smith Memorial Hospital geothermal-system demonstration at Marlin, Texas. Final design report
2007
Marlin, Texas are outlined. A brief description of the existing heating system, an overview of the geothermal retrofit, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436668