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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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Zur dynamischen Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente
Unold, Wolfram - 2000
Im Mittelpunkt der vorgestellten Arbeit steht die dynamische Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Die voliegende Arbeit erstellt einen differenzierten Vergleich umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Hierzu wird die Anreizwirkung von Steuern, Subventionen, Zertifikaten und einheitlichen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476197
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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986
The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438868
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A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: TUNISIA AND MOROCCO
Friedman, Steven J - 2010
Morocco and Tunisia have both achieved robust economic growth over the last 30 years by utilizing prudent economic … Morocco and Tunisia have transformed both from economically challenged debt-burdened nations into technologically advanced …, diversified and thriving middle-class nations. From 1962 to the Present Day, Morocco has averaged a GDP growth rate of 5.8% and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439124
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Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in Morocco: The Current Situation and the Need of a Development Policy
Hissouf, Abdellatif - 2008
regional policies aiming to promote local development through FDI flows? Although Morocco has 16 regions, it is in practice … divided into "two Moroccos": The Casablanca-Tangier axis or ‘‘Rich Morocco'' (North-West) and the marginalized territories or … ‘‘Poor Morocco'' (South / East / Middle). As would be expected, most of the FDI inflows are located in the Casablanca …
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Testing the hypothesis of long-run money neutrality in the Middle East
Tawadros, G - 2007
Morocco using seasonal cointegration techniques. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH - The paper uses seasonal integration and … output at the zero frequency for Egypt, Jordan and Morocco. This suggests that money affects nominal but not real variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481838
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A Comparative Analysis of the EU-Morocco FTA vs. Multilateral Liberalization
Elbehri, Aziz; Hertel, Thomas - 2004
contrast the impacts of the Morocco-EU free trade area (FTA) to multilateral trade liberalization on Morocco’s economy …. Simulation results show that the FTA agreement is likely to have adverse effects on Morocco due to: (a) deteriorating terms of … liberalization scenario along the lines of those proposed under the Doha Development Round and find this more beneficial to Morocco …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430448
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Policy Suggestions for Emissions Trading in the U.S.A.
Wallshein, Nathaniel - 2010
This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make recommendations on how to improve this regulated commodity market. The various control mechanisms available to regulators will be discussed: including allocation methodology,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429979
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Improving Unsustainable Western Economic Systems
Dixon, Frank - 2004
To help guide development of the Gross National Happiness (GNH), this paper analyzes Western economic systems. Drivers of environmental and social problems will be discussed with the goal of helping Bhutan avoid these pitfalls. The paper then suggests a strategy for developing the GNH as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468654
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Wirtschaft und Umwelt
Zingel, Wolfgang-Peter - 2009
Instrumente der Umweltpolitik (z. B. Markt- und Preispolitik, Ordnungspolitik und staatliche Unternehmertätigkeit) schließt eine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468680