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Quiggin, John - 1998

that increased competition leads to increases in technical efficiency. In the present paper, this issue is addressed … that competition may in some cases improve efficiency they do not imply that free market policies will maximise welfare … uncritical acceptance of economically unsound policies proposed in the name of competition. …

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Behavioral Economics and the Economics of Regulation

Earl, Peter E. - 2005

Behavioural economics draws upon fieldwork, experiments and research in disciplines such as psychology for building blocks to construct economic analysis that is more descriptively realistic and both augments and qualifies traditional economics as a tool for designing policy. Though behavioural...

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A conceptual framework to investigate the optimisation of financial incentive mechanisms in construction projects

Rose, Timothy M.; Manley, Karen - 2005

Implementation of financial incentive mechanisms in the contractual arrangements of a construction project can impact significantly on the motivation of contractors and hence project performance. Positive incentives (as a component of the project delivery strategy) aim to motivate contractors to...

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Optimal Selectivity and Effort Cost A Simple Bioeconomic Model with an Application to the Bay of Biscay Nephrops Fishery

Macher, Claire; Boncoeur, Jean - 2010

This article investigates the relationship between optimal gear selectivity and effort cost in the fishing industry. We … first show that optimal selectivity depends negatively on the level of effort cost, but that this relationship is not … continuous. Optimal selectivity switches when real effort cost goes beyond a certain level, and this switch induces a non …

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Using standstills to manage sovereign debt crises

Erce Domínguez, Aitor - 2006

This paper presents a model analyzing the potential for an International Court with powers to declare standstills to mitigate the coordination problem inherent to roll-overs in sovereign debt markets. It is shown that, regardless of the quality of the information handled by such an Institution,...

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Spatial dependence and individual-tree growth models I. Characterising spatial dependence

Fox, J. C.; Bi, H. Q.; Ades, P. K. - 2007

neighbours are subject to similar environmental conditions, but the confounding influence of competition was also observed over …

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Settling for second best?: Reflections after the tenth anniversary of Wal-Mart's entry to the United Kingdom

Sparks, Leigh - 2011

Purpose - This paper evaluates the comparative progress of Asda in the UK since its surprise takeover by Wal-Mart in 1999. Wal-Mart expected to become the #1 retailer in the UK and many commentators saw massive problems ahead for local retailers. These expectations were not met; this paper...

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Inventory Management Under Market Size Dynamics

Olsen, TL; Parker, RP - 2008

We investigate the situation where a customer experiencing an inventory stockout at a retailer potentially leaves the firm's market. In classical inventory theory, a unit stockout penalty cost has been used as a surrogate to mimic the economic effect of such a departure; in this study, we...

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Technical Efficiency and Technological Change in Australian Building Societies

Worthington, Andrew C. - 2000

In this study the nature and extent of efficiency and productivity growth in deposit-taking institutions is investigated using nonparametric frontier techniques. Employing Malmquist indices, productivity growth is decomposed into technical efficiency change and technological change for a sample...

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Productivity, Technical and Efficiency Change in Singapore’s Services Sector, 2005 to 2008

Lee, Boon L. - 2011

The current study was motivated by statements made by the Economic Strategies Committee that Singapore’s recent productivity levels in services were well below countries such as the US, Japan and Hong Kong. Massive employment of foreign workers was cited as the reason for poor productivity...

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